Tornadoes · United States · Florida

2008 tornadoes in Florida

56 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 2008, 13 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 13.

2007 2009 The whole country in 2008

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2008

February 12 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 12	2:45 PM EST	EF0	Brevard	0.1	30	$200,000
February 12	9:45 PM EST	EF0	Collier	1.3	50	$445,000
February 12	11:03 PM EST	EF0	Broward	3.1	220	$350,000

February 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 13	1:32 PM EST	EF0	Monroe	0.6	25			$2,000

February 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 17	11:59 AM CST	EF1	Escambia	5.1	200			$750,000
February 17	12:14 PM CST	EF1	Santa Rosa	2.1	75			$200,000

February 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 18	1:08 AM EST	EF1	Gadsden	6.2	150		1	$200,000

February 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 26	1:30 PM EST	EF0	Alachua	0.0	20
February 26	2:37 PM EST	EF0	Baker	0.3	30

March 7 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 7	7:25 AM EST	EF1	Leon	4.6	150		1	$750,000
March 7	8:36 AM EST	EF2	Taylor	0.4	200		2	$500,000
March 7	9:30 AM EST	EF0	Suwannee	0.0	50
March 7	9:45 AM EST	EF2	Columbia	1.5	800	1	5	$4.0 million
March 7	10:10 AM EST	EF0	Baker	1.2	100		1
March 7	10:30 AM EST	EF0	Nassau	0.0	100

April 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	1:06 PM EDT	EF0	Taylor	0.3	30			$75,000
April 28	2:25 PM EDT	EF0	Suwannee	0.1	50

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	4:55 PM EDT	EF1	Lee	5.3	30		1	$100,000

June 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 13	2:03 PM EDT	EF0	Miami-Dade	0.0	10
June 13	2:10 PM EDT	EF0	Palm Beach	0.1	10
June 13	4:45 PM EDT	EF0	Lee	0.3	70	$110,000

July 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 1	3:58 PM EDT	EF0	Highlands	0.4	10			$50,000

August 13 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 13	9:00 PM EDT	EF0	Lake	0.1	30			$12,000
August 13	9:00 PM EDT	EF0	Lake	0.1	30			$12,000

August 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 14	2:30 PM EDT	EF1	Miami-Dade	0.4	15			$150,000

August 18 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 18	12:55 PM EDT	EF0	Monroe	0.2	50	$1,000
August 18	2:00 PM EDT	EF0	Monroe	0.1	10	$1,000
August 18	5:30 PM EDT	EF0	Broward	0.3	25	$5,000
August 18	1:29 AM EDT	EF2	Palm Beach	2.7	100	$1.3 million

August 19 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
August 19	10:11 AM EDT	EF0	Martin	0.0	30		$20,000
August 19	12:35 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Lucie	0.1	30		$10,000
August 19	1:45 PM EDT	EF1	Brevard	0.3	30	2	$420,000

August 22 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 22	1:15 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Johns	0.6	10
August 22	1:40 PM EDT	EF0	Duval	0.2	100
August 22	5:25 PM EDT	EF0	Clay	0.1	100
August 22	5:40 PM EDT	EF0	Clay	1.3	100
August 22	6:25 PM EDT	EF0	Polk	0.7	30	$30,000

August 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 23	5:53 PM EDT	EF0	Putnam	3.7	100
August 23	6:12 PM EDT	EF0	Jefferson	0.2	50

August 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 25	5:26 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	0.2	50

August 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 31	8:00 AM EDT	EF0	Miami-Dade	1.9	1

September 1 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 1	8:55 AM CDT	EF0	Santa Rosa	0.1	30	$12,000
September 1	9:15 AM CDT	EF0	Okaloosa	0.1	20
September 1	9:45 AM CDT	EF0	Okaloosa	0.2	30	$20,000
September 1	10:00 AM CDT	EF0	Santa Rosa	0.1	20
September 1	3:08 PM CDT	EF0	Escambia	0.2	30	$5,000
September 1	3:45 PM CDT	EF0	Escambia	0.1	20

September 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 9	1:50 PM EDT	EF0	Monroe	0.4	100			$25,000

September 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 10	3:42 AM EDT	EF1	Monroe	0.5	100			$120,000

September 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 17	12:40 PM EDT	EF0	Monroe	0.0	20

September 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 29	4:00 PM EDT	EF0	Monroe	0.3	50

October 8 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 8	8:23 AM CDT	EF0	Bay	3.5	125			$500,000
October 8	5:24 PM EDT	EF1	Jefferson	0.8	75			$10,000

November 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 30	12:55 PM EST	EF0	Osceola	0.1	20
November 30	3:35 PM EST	EF0	Brevard	0.2	30			$576,000

December 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 11	10:15 AM EST	EF0	Duval	0.4	50

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.