Tornadoes · United States · Florida

1992 tornadoes in Florida

60 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 1992, 21 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 4 people and injured 99.

1991 1993 The whole country in 1992

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 1992

January 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 23	12:10 AM CST	F0	Washington	0.7	20			$50,000 to $500,000
January 23	1:26 AM CST	F0	Jackson	0.3	13			$500 to $5,000

February 5 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 5	3:10 AM EST	F0	Pinellas	0.2	10
February 5	4:16 AM EST	F0	Citrus	0.2	10	$500 to $5,000
February 5	3:40 PM EST	F0	Pinellas	0.2	10	$50 to $500
February 5	3:48 PM EST	F0	Pinellas	0.2	10	$50 to $500
February 5	4:25 PM EST	F0	Sarasota	0.2	10	$50 to $500
February 5	8:25 PM EST	F1	Brevard	1.0	60	$50,000 to $500,000

February 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 17	7:20 AM CST	F1	Gulf	1.0	50			$5,000 to $50,000
February 17	9:12 AM CST	F0	Gulf	0.2	10			$500 to $5,000

February 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 25	4:20 PM EST	F1	Orange	0.5	50		11	$50,000 to $500,000
February 25	5:57 PM EST	F1	Nassau	0.5	40		4	$50,000 to $500,000

March 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 19	4:45 PM EST	F0	Lee	0.2	10			$5,000 to $50,000

March 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	9:10 PM EST	F0	Lee	0.2	10			$50 to $500

April 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 11	3:40 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.1	10

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	10:55 AM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.2	40

June 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Bay	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	2:08 PM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.2	30

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	12:35 PM EDT	F0	Alachua	0.4	40		1	$50,000 to $500,000

June 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	5:37 PM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.1	10			$50 to $500
June 17	5:37 PM EDT	F1	Pinellas	0.6	40			$500 to $5,000

June 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	1:10 PM EDT	F1	Polk	0.5	40			$5,000 to $50,000

June 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 25	10:06 AM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	4:00 AM EDT	F0	Broward	0.7	50			$5,000 to $50,000

June 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 27	2:30 PM EDT	F0	Indian River	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

June 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 28	7:05 AM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.8	30			$5,000 to $50,000
June 28	7:23 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10

July 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 10	1:00 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	10

July 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	11:15 AM EDT	F2	Pinellas	4.5	60		6	$500,000 to $5 million
July 12	1:40 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	4:14 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	10

July 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 19	11:42 AM EDT	F1	Pinellas	0.3	30			$5,000 to $50,000

July 20 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 20	2:45 PM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.1	10
July 20	5:05 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	10	$50 to $500
July 20	5:55 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	10	$50 to $500

July 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 22	5:30 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	10

August 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 19	11:30 AM CDT	F0	Escambia	0.1	10			$50 to $500

August 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 29	2:30 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

September 1 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
September 1	3:20 PM EDT	F0	Hernando	0.1	10
September 1	4:50 PM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.1	10
September 1	6:52 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	10

September 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 3	1:45 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.2	30			$5,000 to $50,000

September 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 16	5:00 PM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.3	30			$50 to $500

September 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 17	9:45 AM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10

October 3 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 3	9:40 AM EDT	F2	Pinellas	3.0	200	1		$500,000 to $5 million
October 3	10:28 AM EDT	F1	Pinellas	1.5	300			$5,000 to $50,000
October 3	10:30 AM EDT	F3	Pinellas	2.6	500	3	75	$5 million to $50 million
October 3	10:32 AM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.5	500			$500 to $5,000
October 3	11:20 AM EDT	F1	Hillsborough	2.0	250		2	$5,000 to $50,000
October 3	12:07 PM EDT	F1	Hernando	0.4	80			$5,000 to $50,000
October 3	12:20 PM EDT	F1	Hernando	0.4	80			$50,000 to $500,000
October 3	2:00 PM EDT	F0	Marion	0.1	10
October 3	5:40 PM EDT	F0	Levy	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
October 3	10:40 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

November 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 2	4:00 AM EST	F0	Franklin	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

November 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 5	10:00 AM EST	F0	Citrus	0.1	10
November 5	3:00 PM EST	F0	Hillsborough	0.1	10

November 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 9	9:40 AM CST	F0		0.1	10			under $50

November 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 24	5:00 AM CST	F0	Santa Rosa	0.1	10			$50 to $500

December 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 10	7:55 AM EST	F0	Polk	0.1	10

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.