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2004 tornadoes in Florida

104 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 2004, 110 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 6 people and injured 17.

2003 2005 The whole country in 2004

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 2004

February 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 24	1:45 PM EST	F0	Polk	0.3	30			$10,000

March 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 16	3:15 PM EST	F0	Martin	0.2	30			$20,000
March 16	3:28 PM EST	F0	Martin	0.1	30			$10,000

April 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 12	6:45 AM EDT	F1	Collier	2.0	50			$100,000
April 12	7:05 AM EDT	F0	Charlotte	0.3	20			$30,000

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	9:36 PM CDT	F0	Holmes	0.5	75			$100,000

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	1:30 PM CDT	F0	Bay	0.2	50			$10,000

June 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	2:50 PM EDT	F1	Hardee	3.0	70			$310,000

June 8 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 8	4:05 PM EDT	F0	Lee	2.0	50	$40,000
June 8	4:46 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.5	30
June 8	5:20 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.5	50	$10,000

June 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	5:30 PM EDT	F0	Hendry	0.6	15			$10,000

July 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 10	6:00 PM EDT	F0	Collier	0.2	10			$10,000

July 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 11	5:44 PM EDT	F1	Levy	1.0	50			$30,000

August 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 4	1:50 PM EDT	F0	Brevard	2.0	30

August 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 6	4:25 PM EDT	F0	Saint Lucie	0.2	30

August 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 8	11:43 AM EDT	F0	Volusia	0.1	20

August 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 10	7:55 AM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10

August 12 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
August 12	2:25 PM EDT	F0	Saint Lucie	0.1	30
August 12	2:50 PM EDT	F1	Union	1.0	1
August 12	3:00 PM EDT	F1	Bradford	1.0	1
August 12	4:00 PM EDT	F2	Duval	7.0	1
August 12	4:05 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.3	15
August 12	7:45 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	20

August 13 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
August 13	11:04 AM EDT	F2	Hendry	42.0	100		$50,000
August 13	12:05 PM EDT	F0	Hardee	2.0	30
August 13	1:00 PM EDT	F0	Polk	1.0	30
August 13	1:55 PM EDT	F0	Polk	1.0	30
August 13	3:10 PM EDT	F0	DeSoto	1.0	30		$10,000
August 13	3:40 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	50
August 13	3:55 PM EDT	F1	Lee	1.8	100
August 13	4:15 PM EDT	F1	Charlotte	2.5	50
August 13	4:30 PM EDT	F0	Osceola	0.2	30
August 13	7:26 PM EDT	F1	Volusia	0.4	40
August 13	7:40 PM EDT	F0	Volusia	30.0	20	1
August 13	8:26 PM EDT	F1	Osceola	2.0	200
August 13	8:50 PM EDT	F1	Osceola	2.0	3,000

August 14 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
August 14	12:05 PM EDT	F0	Hernando	3.0	40
August 14	2:10 PM EDT	F0	Pasco	1.0	30
August 14	5:41 PM EDT	F0	Levy	1.0	30

August 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 19	3:30 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10

August 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 24	6:00 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	0.8	20			$10,000

September 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 4	11:04 AM EDT	F0	Osceola	0.1	20
September 4	10:08 PM EDT	F0	Polk	3.6	50

September 5 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 5	5:05 AM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	5.0	75	$10,000
September 5	6:05 AM EDT	F0	Marion	1.0	75
September 5	8:10 AM EDT	F0	Clay	1.0	75
September 5	9:20 AM EDT	F0	Flagler	0.5	75
September 5	9:25 AM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	3.0	75	$80,000
September 5	2:30 PM EDT	F0	Suwannee	0.5	75
September 5	3:13 PM EDT	F0	Putnam	0.5	75
September 5	6:50 PM EDT	F0	Putnam	10.0	75
September 5	7:00 PM EDT	F0	Alachua	5.0	75

September 6 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 6	2:15 AM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	1.0	75	$60,000
September 6	10:32 AM EDT	F0	Polk	0.3	30
September 6	4:40 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.2	10
September 6	6:45 PM EDT	F1	Clay	0.5	75
September 6	7:10 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	1.0	75	$10,000
September 6	7:20 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	1.0	75	$20,000
September 6	10:00 PM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.2	30

September 7 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 7	10:00 AM EDT	F0	Marion	0.5	75
September 7	10:45 AM EDT	F0	Putnam	0.5	75
September 7	12:00 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.5	75
September 7	1:35 PM EDT	F0	Duval	1.0	1
September 7	1:40 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	0.5	75	$50,000
September 7	7:50 PM EDT	F0	Duval	1.0	1

September 15 16 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 15	1:53 PM CDT	F0	Escambia to AL	5.0	30			$3,000
September 15	2:55 PM CDT	F0	Santa Rosa	12.0	30			$10,000
September 15	3:35 PM CDT	F0	Gulf	3.0	100			$30,000
September 15	3:40 PM CDT	F1	Bay	5.0	200	1	7	$5.0 million
September 15	3:43 PM CDT	F1	Bay	5.0	200	1	1	$500,000
September 15	4:00 PM CDT	F1	Bay	6.0	200			$2.0 million
September 15	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Bay	7.0	75			$10,000
September 15	7:37 PM CDT	F0	Washington	12.0	75			$50,000
September 15	7:55 PM CDT	F1	Holmes	4.0	100			$250,000
September 15	9:15 PM EDT	F0	Franklin	5.0	100			$10,000
September 15	9:30 PM EDT	F1	Liberty	10.0	200			$100,000
September 15	9:45 PM EDT	F1	Marion	4.0	1
September 15	9:07 PM CDT	F2	Calhoun	7.0	600	4	5	$2.5 million
September 15	10:17 PM EDT	F0	Levy	0.2	30
September 15	10:22 PM EDT	F0	Levy	0.2	30
September 15	9:31 PM CDT	F2	Jackson	8.0	500		3	$3.0 million

September 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 16	5:45 AM EDT	F0	Jefferson	5.5	75			$50,000
September 16	9:50 AM EDT	F0	Taylor	0.2	50			$50,000

September 19 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 19	4:15 PM EDT	F1	Collier	0.5	20	$70,000
September 19	4:20 PM EDT	F0	Collier	0.5	15	$10,000
September 19	4:28 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.3	50
September 19	5:29 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.2	30

September 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 25	11:04 PM EDT	F1	Indian River	0.5	30			$20,000
September 25	12:30 AM EDT	F0	Flagler	1.0	1

September 26 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 26	2:30 AM EDT	F1	Brevard	0.3	20
September 26	2:51 AM EDT	F1	Brevard	0.5	50	$350,000
September 26	12:05 PM EDT	F0	Flagler	21.0	1
September 26	2:55 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	2.0	1
September 26	7:15 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	1.0	1
September 26	7:30 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	2.0	1
September 26	8:10 PM EDT	F0	Saint Johns	2.0	1

October 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 20	6:00 PM EDT	F1	Brevard	0.7	40			$150,000

November 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 12	12:40 PM EST	F1	Madison	0.2	50			$10,000

November 24 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 24	8:55 AM CST	F1	Santa Rosa	1.0	50	$70,000
November 24	10:41 AM CST	F1	Walton	0.2	100	$40,000
November 24	10:55 AM CST	F0	Walton	0.2	50	$10,000
November 24	11:50 AM CST	F0	Bay	0.1	50	$10,000

December 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 22	5:45 PM CST	F0	Okaloosa	0.1	30			$10,000

Crossed into Florida

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Florida. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 27	11:55 AM CST	F1	Escambia, AL to FL	4.0	200			$200,000

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.