Tornadoes · United States · Florida

2001 tornadoes in Florida

70 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 2001, 41 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 29.

2000 2002 The whole country in 2001

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 2001

March 4 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 4	7:20 AM EST	F0	Marion	2.5	20	$80,000
March 4	7:50 AM EST	F0	Marion	0.5	50	$150,000
March 4	8:03 AM EST	F0	Pasco	4.7	50	$250,000

March 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 13	2:00 AM EST	F2	Hamilton	3.5	30		$80,000
March 13	3:40 AM EST	F0	Nassau	0.1	75		$10,000
March 13	10:50 AM EST	F1	Volusia	2.5	300	5	$5.0 million

March 15 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 15	3:30 AM CST	F2	Washington	10.0	350	1	21	$2.0 million
March 15	3:40 AM CST	F2	Jackson	3.0	300			$500,000
March 15	5:30 AM CST	F2	Calhoun	2.0	150			$50,000

March 29 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 29	10:05 AM EST	F0	Citrus	10.3	100		$200,000
March 29	10:10 AM EST	F0	Citrus	2.7	20	1	$70,000
March 29	10:20 AM EST	F2	Marion	22.0	100		$1.5 million
March 29	10:45 AM EST	F0	Pasco	2.3	15		$150,000
March 29	10:50 AM EST	F2	Clay	12.0	150		$1.1 million
March 29	11:17 AM EST	F0	Putnam	0.1	10

June 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	6:15 PM EDT	F0	Osceola	0.5	30

June 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	5:32 PM EDT	F0	Marion	0.1	10			$30,000

June 11 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	3:30 PM EDT	F0	Duval	0.1	10	1		$40,000
June 11	9:10 PM EDT	F0	Union	0.1	10			$4,000
June 11	1:50 AM EDT	F1	Madison	0.3	100		1	$200,000

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	3:12 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.1	3			$20,000

June 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	5:45 PM EDT	F0	Collier	0.5	15			$2,000

June 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 18	4:00 PM EDT	F0	Lafayette	0.1	50			$70,000

June 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 20	3:45 PM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.1	5			$10,000
June 20	4:35 PM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.1	5

June 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	5:25 PM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.5	15			$100,000

June 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	1:15 PM EDT	F1	Broward	1.5	15			$150,000

June 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	2:30 PM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.2	30
June 24	2:45 PM EDT	F1	Indian River	2.0	0			$200,000

June 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	4:02 PM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.1	5			$10,000

July 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 1	4:31 PM EDT	F1	Manatee	0.1	10			$100,000

July 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 8	5:20 PM EDT	F1	Hendry	0.3	15			$20,000

July 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 10	6:42 PM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.1	5			$10,000

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	9:39 AM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.1	5

July 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 24	3:35 PM CDT	F0	Okaloosa	0.2	50			$10,000

July 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 26	9:20 PM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.1	10			$3,000

July 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 27	6:35 PM EDT	F0	Citrus	0.5	10			$70,000

August 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 2	4:00 AM EDT	F1	Palm Beach	1.5	15			$100,000
August 2	11:30 AM EDT	F0	Saint Lucie	2.0	50			$10,000

August 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 5	7:43 PM EDT	F0	Franklin	0.1	20			$10,000

August 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 21	1:15 PM EDT	F0	Miami-Dade	4.0	10

August 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 29	3:43 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.5	15

September 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 6	11:15 AM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.5	10

September 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 8	1:25 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.2	10

September 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 13	2:40 PM EDT	F0	Nassau	0.1	5			$1,000

September 14 17 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 14	4:01 AM EDT	F0	Lee	8.0	5	$10,000
September 14	4:21 AM EDT	F0	Lee	19.2	5	$30,000
September 14	4:41 AM EDT	F0	Charlotte	15.5	5	$40,000
September 14	5:56 AM EDT	F0	Manatee	16.0	5	$20,000
September 14	7:25 AM EDT	F0	Indian River	0.2	30	$3,000
September 14	7:55 AM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.2	30	$50,000
September 14	7:59 AM EDT	F1	Brevard	0.2	30
September 14	8:48 AM EDT	F1	Brevard	1.8	50	$450,000
September 14	1:08 PM EDT	F0	Flagler	0.1	10
September 14	1:35 PM EDT	F0	Flagler	0.1	10	$1,000
September 14	2:10 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.1	10
September 14	2:55 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.1	10
September 14	5:20 PM EDT	F0	Volusia	0.8	30	$60,000
September 14	5:21 PM EDT	F0	Putnam	0.1	10
September 14	6:15 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.1	10
September 14	6:35 PM EDT	F0	Flagler	0.1	10	$1,000
September 14	6:45 PM EDT	F0	Flagler	0.1	10	$2,000

October 13 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 13	4:40 PM CDT	F1	Santa Rosa	0.5	50	$620,000
October 13	5:35 PM CDT	F0	Escambia	2.0	200	$250,000
October 13	10:15 PM CDT	F1	Walton	1.0	100	$750,000
October 13	11:00 PM CDT	F1	Washington	2.7	100	$300,000
October 13	1:30 AM EDT	F1	Franklin	0.2	50	$330,000

October 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 25	4:55 PM EDT	F0	Brevard	0.3	40		1	$70,000

November 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 5	10:25 AM EST	F0	Miami-Dade	0.5	10			$10,000
November 5	2:03 PM EST	F1	Palm Beach	1.5	20			$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.