Tornadoes · United States · Florida

1991 tornadoes in Florida

56 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 1991, 13 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1990 1992 The whole country in 1991

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 1991

January 15 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 15	1:15 PM CST	F0		0.5	40	1	$500 to $5,000
January 15	1:35 PM CST	F1		4.0	60	3	$50,000 to $500,000
January 15	2:54 PM EST	F1	Broward	3.5	60	1	$500,000 to $5 million

January 19 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 19	10:00 PM EST	F0	Hillsborough	0.5	30
January 19	10:08 PM EST	F0	Pinellas	0.5	30
January 19	10:50 PM EST	F0	Polk	0.8	40	$500 to $5,000

January 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 30	11:30 AM CST	F0	Bay	0.4	30			$50 to $500

March 3 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 3	8:20 AM EST	F0	Citrus	0.4	20	$500 to $5,000
March 3	8:58 AM EST	F0	Citrus	0.5	30	$500 to $5,000
March 3	9:10 AM EST	F1	Lake	0.1	20	$500 to $5,000
March 3	9:23 AM EST	F1	Putnam	1.0	40	$500,000 to $5 million
March 3	9:30 AM EST	F0	Flagler	0.2	20	$50 to $500
March 3	10:36 AM EST	F0	Hillsborough	0.2	20	$50 to $500
March 3	10:45 AM EST	F1	Orange	0.5	50	$50,000 to $500,000
March 3	1:50 PM EST	F0	Martin	0.3	20	$50 to $500

March 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 4	3:30 AM EST	F0	Lee	0.5	50			$5,000 to $50,000

March 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 18	9:14 AM EST	F1	Polk	2.0	100		2	$500,000 to $5 million
March 18	9:45 AM EST	F0	Polk	0.5	30			$50 to $500

April 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 9	8:15 PM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.1	10

April 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 23	11:10 AM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

April 25 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 25	3:17 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	10	$50 to $500
April 25	3:35 PM EDT	F1	Pinellas	0.8	50	$50,000 to $500,000
April 25	3:35 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.6	40	$500 to $5,000
April 25	4:00 PM EDT	F1	Hillsborough	1.0	60	$50,000 to $500,000
April 25	4:20 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.5	40	$500 to $5,000
April 25	4:40 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.5	40	$50 to $500
April 25	5:30 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.5	50	$500 to $5,000

May 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 1	3:15 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.2	10			$50,000 to $500,000

May 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 7	7:31 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.6	40			$50,000 to $500,000

May 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 14	5:10 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.2	10

May 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	2:40 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.2	10			$50 to $500
May 16	5:55 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	23			$500 to $5,000

May 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 17	5:15 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.4	30
May 17	5:40 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.2	23

May 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	6:45 PM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.5	50			$5,000 to $50,000

May 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 20	8:43 PM EDT	F0	DeSoto	0.4	50			$500 to $5,000

June 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 1	2:14 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	5:47 PM EDT	F0	Saint Lucie	0.1	10

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	3:00 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10

June 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	10:50 AM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.1	10

June 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	5:35 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10

June 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 28	6:55 PM EDT	F0	Collier	0.2	10			$500 to $5,000

July 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 11	12:15 PM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	1:20 PM CDT	F0		0.3	10			$50,000 to $500,000

July 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 13	5:42 AM EDT	F1	Manatee	0.8	30			$50,000 to $500,000

July 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 17	7:25 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10

July 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 20	3:45 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	10

July 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 21	11:20 AM CDT	F0	Escambia	0.1	10
July 21	2:05 PM CDT	F0		0.1	10

August 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 4	12:45 PM CDT	F0		0.2	10			$5,000 to $50,000

August 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 13	5:45 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.1	10			$50 to $500

August 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 19	2:30 PM EDT	F0	Duval	0.2	10			$50 to $500

September 5 1 tornado

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

September 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 7	6:30 PM EDT	F1	Lee	2.0	80		7	$50,000 to $500,000

September 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 20	7:30 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

September 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 22	4:32 PM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.2	10			$5,000 to $50,000

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.