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1999 tornadoes in Florida

60 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 1999, 21 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1998 2000 The whole country in 1999

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 1999

January 2 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 2	5:30 AM EST	F1	Palm Beach	3.2	30		$5.9 million
January 2	11:40 AM CST	F0	Santa Rosa	0.1	0
January 2	2:10 PM CST	F2	Bay	3.8	100	7	$4.0 million
January 2	3:30 PM CST	F0	Gulf	1.0	0		$30,000
January 2	10:26 PM EST	F0	Hernando	0.5	0		$70,000
January 2	11:10 PM EST	F0	Sarasota	2.3	20		$250,000
January 2	11:15 PM EST	F0	Putnam	5.0	10		$40,000
January 2	11:22 PM EST	F1	Hillsborough	2.3	10	1	$150,000
January 2	11:35 PM EST	F1	Hillsborough	0.2	100		$150,000

January 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 3	1:45 AM EST	F0	Highlands	0.1	10			$10,000
January 3	11:58 PM EST	F0	Sarasota	3.9	0			$350,000

January 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 24	6:00 AM EST	F0	Hendry	0.5	0			$50,000

February 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 18	9:15 AM EST	F0	Palm Beach	2.0	10
February 18	10:05 AM EST	F0	Palm Beach	1.0	0

February 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 23	6:45 PM CST	F0	Escambia	0.1	20

March 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 3	1:30 AM CST	F1	Santa Rosa	0.5	0	$1.0 million
March 3	2:00 AM CST	F0	Okaloosa	7.0	30	$10,000
March 3	11:30 AM CST	F0		0.2	10	$10,000

March 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 13	10:45 PM CST	F0	Santa Rosa	0.1	50			$30,000

March 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	2:15 PM EST	F0	Charlotte	0.6	10			$50,000

March 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 26	7:00 PM EST	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	0			$2,000

May 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 12	1:40 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	0			$1,000
May 12	6:40 PM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.1	30

May 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	7:08 AM EDT	F1	Hillsborough	1.8	20			$280,000

May 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 19	4:47 PM EDT	F0	Polk	1.5	50			$70,000

May 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	5:42 PM EDT	F1	Polk	1.5	50			$1.0 million

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	6:30 PM CDT	F1	Walton	0.2	100			$500,000

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	6:58 PM EDT	F0	Lake	0.2	30			$50,000

May 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	3:33 PM EDT	F0	Hernando	0.1	10			$10,000

May 30 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 30	7:30 AM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.1	30	$40,000
May 30	12:15 PM EDT	F0	Monroe	0.0	0
May 30	12:15 PM EDT	F0	Monroe	0.0	0

June 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	7:07 PM EDT	F0	Highlands	0.3	0			$100,000

June 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 20	5:33 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	0			$2,000

June 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	3:10 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.1	0

June 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 27	3:15 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.3	0			$1,000

July 9 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 9	2:30 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	0
July 9	2:30 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	0
July 9	2:40 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.5	10	$50,000

July 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 13	5:20 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.2	10			$30,000

July 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 15	6:15 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	1.9	0			$100,000

July 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 19	5:56 PM EDT	F0	Collier	0.1	0

July 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 22	4:30 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	0

July 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 23	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Santa Rosa	0.1	20			$10,000

July 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 28	2:15 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.2	10			$30,000

August 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 3	3:58 PM CDT	F0		0.1	0

August 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 16	9:02 PM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.1	10			$10,000

August 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 24	1:20 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10

August 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 31	12:45 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	0

September 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 6	5:10 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.5	10
September 6	7:34 PM EDT	F0	Monroe	0.2	20

September 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 14	7:49 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	0

September 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 20	4:10 AM CDT	F0		0.1	0
September 20	5:20 PM EDT	F1	Collier	0.3	10			$20,000

October 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 14	6:30 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.1	10		1	$20,000

October 15 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 15	6:15 AM EDT	F0	Monroe	0.5	20
October 15	4:45 PM EDT	F1	Monroe	1.0	50
October 15	5:00 PM EDT	F1	Broward	1.0	20	3	$300,000
October 15	5:30 PM EDT	F1	Palm Beach	2.0	20		$100,000

November 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 1	7:50 PM CST	F0	Hamilton to GA	10.0	10			$10,000

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.