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1990 tornadoes in Florida

56 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 1990, 13 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1989 1991 The whole country in 1990

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 1990

February 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 10	7:21 AM CST	F1	Santa Rosa	0.2	23			$50,000 to $500,000

February 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 23	8:30 AM EST	F0	Charlotte	0.2	10			$5,000 to $50,000

April 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 23	5:10 PM EDT	F0	Hernando	0.5	10			$500 to $5,000

May 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 10	10:32 AM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	10	$5,000 to $50,000
May 10	10:35 AM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	10
May 10	12:00 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	10	under $50
May 10	2:15 PM CDT	F0		0.2	10

May 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 15	5:30 PM EDT	F0	Collier	0.2	10

May 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 30	2:15 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.2	10			$500 to $5,000

June 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	4:40 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	10
June 2	5:11 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	10

June 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	4:00 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.2	10
June 3	5:50 PM EDT	F0	Highlands	0.2	10

June 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	5:27 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.2	10

June 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 7	5:55 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.2	10			$500 to $5,000

June 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	6:37 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.2	10

June 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	1:40 PM CDT	F0		0.2	10

June 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 20	4:25 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.2	10

June 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	1:45 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.2	10
June 22	2:15 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.2	10

June 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	4:40 PM CDT	F0		0.2	10
June 24	5:55 PM EDT	F1	Brevard	4.0	30			$50,000 to $500,000

June 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 28	5:15 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	10			$5,000 to $50,000

June 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 29	3:25 PM EDT	F0	Collier	0.2	10
June 29	6:07 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	1.0	20			under $50

July 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 1	1:05 PM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.2	10

July 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 2	12:30 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	10
July 2	7:40 PM CDT	F0	Santa Rosa	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

July 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 3	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Santa Rosa	0.1	10
July 3	7:00 PM EDT	F0	Madison	0.1	10

July 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 7	6:15 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.2	10

July 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 11	5:39 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
July 11	5:40 PM EDT	F0	Hernando	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	6:40 PM EDT	F0	Union	0.1	10

July 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	9:00 AM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
July 14	10:20 AM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000

July 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 16	7:00 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

July 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 17	5:15 PM EDT	F1	Sarasota	1.0	10			$5,000 to $50,000

July 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 25	11:00 AM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.1	10
July 25	11:00 AM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.1	10

August 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 6	8:35 PM EDT	F0	Putnam	0.2	10			$500 to $5,000

August 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 8	2:05 PM EDT	F0	Alachua	0.2	10			$500 to $5,000

August 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 13	5:02 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.2	10

August 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 19	3:10 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.2	10			$50 to $500

September 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 2	3:15 PM EDT	F0	Lee	2.0	20			under $50

September 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 11	3:00 PM CDT	F0	Walton	0.2	10			$50 to $500

September 13 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 13	3:15 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	10
September 13	3:45 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	10

September 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 28	2:45 PM EDT	F0	Alachua	0.2	10

October 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 9	7:25 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.6	20			$50,000 to $500,000

October 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 11	3:30 PM EDT	F0	Citrus	0.5	20
October 11	3:50 PM EDT	F0	Columbia	0.7	23

November 9 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 9	2:15 PM EST	F1	Highlands	5.0	40	1	$5,000 to $50,000
November 9	4:15 PM EST	F1	Orange	16.0	50	9	$50,000 to $500,000
November 9	5:20 PM EST	F0	Volusia	0.2	20		$500 to $5,000
November 9	7:39 PM EST	F0	Volusia	0.2	20		under $50

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.