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1984 tornadoes in Florida

30 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 1984, 39 percent below the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1983 1985 The whole country in 1984

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Florida in 1984

February 27 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
February 27	8:35 AM EST	F3	Lafayette	7.0	100	1	$50,000 to $500,000
February 27	10:15 AM EST	F1	Nassau	1.0	10		$50,000 to $500,000
February 27	12:35 PM EST	F2	Clay	3.0	30	2	$50,000 to $500,000
February 27	2:36 PM EST	F1	Seminole	1.0	10		$500 to $5,000

March 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 13	1:15 AM EST	F0	Broward	0.5	50			$500 to $5,000

March 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 23	1:25 PM EST	F0	Monroe	0.5	30			$5,000 to $50,000

March 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 25	1:30 AM CST	F0	Bay	1.0	50			$50,000 to $500,000

April 9 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 9	12:50 PM EST	F1	Citrus	0.5	30	$5,000 to $50,000
April 9	1:30 PM EST	F0	Sumter	0.5	10	$50 to $500
April 9	1:45 PM EST	F1	Broward	5.0	30	$50,000 to $500,000
April 9	2:00 PM EST	F0	Lake	1.0	10	$500 to $5,000

April 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 13	1:30 PM CST	F0		3.0	10			$5,000 to $50,000

April 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 14	7:30 PM EST	F0	Volusia	1.0	10			$5,000 to $50,000

May 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	3:45 PM CDT	F0		0.6	10
May 16	4:28 PM CDT	F0		0.5	10

May 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 24	5:15 PM EDT	F0	Indian River	1.0	30			$500 to $5,000

June 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	6:15 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	1.0	30			$5,000 to $50,000

June 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	6:00 PM EDT	F0	Lake	0.5	10			$50,000 to $500,000

June 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 27	6:00 PM EDT	F1	Volusia	2.0	50			$500,000 to $5 million

July 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 1	4:50 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.5	30			$5,000 to $50,000

July 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 7	3:48 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.5	30

July 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 8	6:30 PM EDT	F0	DeSoto	1.0	30			$5,000 to $50,000

July 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 10	5:30 PM EDT	F0	Citrus	0.5	30		1	$50,000 to $500,000

July 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 13	2:20 PM EDT	F0	Broward	1.0	30			$500 to $5,000

July 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 15	7:00 PM EDT	F1	DeSoto	1.0	30			$5,000 to $50,000

August 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 16	1:45 PM EDT	F1	Citrus	0.5	30			$50,000 to $500,000
August 16	2:30 PM EDT	F1	Citrus	0.5	30			$50,000 to $500,000

August 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 23	3:33 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.5	30			$5,000 to $50,000

September 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 5	6:40 PM EDT	F0	Saint Lucie	0.5	10			under $50

November 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 3	9:00 PM EST	F1	Franklin	1.0	30			$500 to $5,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Florida since 1950 Warnings in force in Florida The live radar over Florida

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.