Tornadoes · United States · Florida

1994 tornadoes in Florida

77 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 1994, 56 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 45.

1993 1995 The whole country in 1994

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 1994

January 3 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 3	1:45 PM EST	F1	Polk	0.5	13	1	$50,000 to $500,000
January 3	1:45 PM EST	F0	Polk	1.0	13		$500 to $5,000
January 3	4:05 PM EST	F0	Alachua	0.1	10		$500 to $5,000
January 3	4:08 PM EST	F0	Bradford	0.1	10		$500 to $5,000
January 3	4:09 PM EST	F0	Baker	2.0	10		$5,000 to $50,000
January 3	4:30 PM EST	F0	Duval	0.1	10		$5,000 to $50,000

March 2 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 2	4:31 AM EST	F1	Marion	0.5	40		$500,000 to $5 million
March 2	9:08 AM EST	F0	Charlotte	15.0	20		$50,000 to $500,000
March 2	12:23 PM EST	F0	Collier	2.5	50	2	$5,000 to $50,000
March 2	2:15 PM EST	F0	Broward	0.4	13		$5,000 to $50,000
March 2	2:30 PM EST	F0	Monroe	0.1	10		$50 to $500

April 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 7	11:15 AM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10

April 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 18	3:00 PM EDT	F0	Hendry	0.1	10

April 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	4:30 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

April 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 21	3:10 PM CDT	F0	Escambia	7.0	10			$5,000 to $50,000
April 21	4:10 PM CDT	F0	Santa Rosa	0.1	10

April 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	6:45 PM EDT	F0	Saint Lucie	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000

April 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 26	5:10 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.1	10			$500,000 to $5 million

May 3 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 3	1:56 PM CDT	F0	Okaloosa	0.1	10
May 3	1:56 PM CDT	F0	Okaloosa	0.1	10
May 3	1:56 PM CDT	F0	Okaloosa	0.1	10
May 3	3:09 PM CDT	F0	Okaloosa	0.1	10
May 3	4:40 PM EDT	F1	Volusia	3.0	100	$5 million to $50 million

May 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 16	2:50 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10

May 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 18	4:30 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10	$50 to $500
May 18	5:00 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000
May 18	5:08 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10	$50 to $500

May 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	5:15 PM CDT	F0	Escambia	0.1	10

June 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 1	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Santa Rosa	0.1	10

June 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	12:00 PM CDT	F0		0.1	10
June 9	7:15 PM EDT	F0	Putnam	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	5:00 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.1	10

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	6:30 PM EDT	F0	Citrus	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	3:25 PM EDT	F0	Orange	0.1	10

June 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	6:20 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

June 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 25	7:35 AM CDT	F0	Bay	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000
June 25	8:30 AM CDT	F0	Washington	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 27 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 27	7:50 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000
June 27	10:20 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.1	10
June 27	10:50 PM EDT	F1	Hillsborough	1.0	30	$50,000 to $500,000

July 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 2	3:00 PM EDT	F0	Putnam	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

July 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 8	2:30 PM EDT	F0	Collier	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000

July 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 11	7:30 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	10

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	3:26 PM EDT	F0	Citrus	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

July 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 16	4:05 PM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

July 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 24	12:15 PM EDT	F0	Marion	0.1	10

August 1 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 1	5:54 PM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
August 1	6:30 PM EDT	F0	Hernando	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

August 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 6	5:32 PM EDT	F0	Marion	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

August 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 10	2:17 PM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.1	10			$50 to $500

August 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 14	1:00 AM CDT	F0		0.1	10

August 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 16	4:55 PM EDT	F0	Franklin	0.1	10

August 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 26	5:20 PM EDT	F0	Lee	2.0	23

August 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 29	2:35 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.1	10
August 29	2:40 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.1	10

September 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 2	5:00 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	10			$50 to $500

September 10 1 tornado

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

September 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 17	7:18 PM EDT	F0	Flagler	0.1	10

September 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 19	4:55 PM EDT	F0	Glades	0.1	10
September 19	5:00 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

September 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 25	4:53 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.2	23

October 2 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 2	1:45 PM EDT	F0	Franklin	0.1	10
October 2	2:44 PM EDT	F1	Taylor	2.0	150	2	$5,000 to $50,000
October 2	4:50 PM EDT	F0	Taylor	0.5	100		$50 to $500
October 2	9:50 PM EDT	F1	Nassau	0.1	10		$50,000 to $500,000

October 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 13	10:45 AM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

October 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 28	8:50 AM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.1	20			$500 to $5,000

October 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 29	8:44 AM EDT	F0	Monroe	0.1	10

October 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 30	10:35 AM EST	F0	Levy	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
October 30	11:00 AM EST	F0	Alachua	5.0	20

November 15 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 15	6:53 PM EST	F2	Brevard	2.5	50	1	40	$5 million to $50 million
November 15	8:35 PM EST	F1	Palm Beach	0.8	30			$50,000 to $500,000
November 15	9:00 PM EST	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10
November 15	9:15 PM EST	F1	Palm Beach	2.5	23			$50,000 to $500,000

November 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 16	1:00 AM EST	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
November 16	3:45 AM EST	F0	Volusia	0.1	23			$5,000 to $50,000

December 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 21	9:10 AM EST	F0	Monroe	0.1	10			$50 to $500

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.