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2012 tornadoes in Florida

48 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 2012, about the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 3.

2011 2013 The whole country in 2012

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 2012

January 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 27	5:35 AM EST	EF1	Charlotte	0.8	20			$30,000

March 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 3	9:25 AM EST	EF0	Gadsden	0.6	25

March 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 24	2:40 PM EDT	EF0	Alachua	4.6	50			$8,000

March 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	3:52 PM CDT	EF0	Bay	0.2	20

April 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 6	9:43 AM EDT	EF0	Collier	0.2	25			$10,000

April 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 21	10:16 AM EDT	EF0	Franklin	0.0	10

May 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 8	3:08 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Lucie	0.0	10

May 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 12	8:11 PM CDT	EF0	Escambia	0.0	20			$1,000

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	2:58 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Lucie	0.7	40			$20,000

May 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	2:13 PM EDT	EF0	Levy	2.8	200

June 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 1	5:13 PM EDT	EF0	Okeechobee	0.9	20

June 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	3:35 PM EDT	EF0	Collier	1.7	20			$35,000
June 23	4:00 PM EDT	EF0	Collier	0.1	10		1

June 24 22 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Damage
June 24	10:15 AM EDT	EF0	Hardee	17.0	100		$65,000
June 24	11:00 AM EDT	EF0	Glades	0.0	10		$5,000
June 24	11:10 AM EDT	EF0	Collier	16.2	30
June 24	12:00 PM EDT	EF0	Collier	0.0	20
June 24	12:23 PM EDT	EF0	Highlands	3.5	150	1	$15,000
June 24	12:25 PM EDT	EF0	Palm Beach	0.0	20
June 24	12:25 PM EDT	EF0	Collier	0.1	20
June 24	1:25 PM EDT	EF0	Palm Beach	1.2	30		$50,000
June 24	2:05 PM EDT	EF0	Miami-Dade	0.5	20		$10,000
June 24	3:04 PM EDT	EF0	Glades	0.0	20
June 24	3:23 PM EDT	EF1	Highlands	5.3	100		$60,000
June 24	3:40 PM EDT	EF1	Pinellas	0.7	75		$130,000
June 24	4:39 PM EDT	EF0	Hillsborough	1.1	50		$90,000
June 24	5:17 PM EDT	EF1	Pasco	0.4	75		$650,000
June 24	6:55 PM EDT	EF0	Polk	0.9	25		$4,000
June 24	8:04 PM EDT	EF2	Polk	6.2	150		$390,000
June 24	8:21 PM EDT	EF1	Pinellas	3.0	50		$150,000
June 24	8:59 PM EDT	EF0	Lake	3.7	100
June 24	9:55 PM EDT	EF0	Osceola	3.1	100
June 24	9:57 PM EDT	EF1	Citrus	5.0	100		$90,000
June 24	10:46 PM EDT	EF0	Osceola	1.1	50
June 24	11:37 PM EDT	EF0	Brevard	1.2	25

June 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	10:25 AM EDT	EF0	Highlands	1.1	40

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	3:12 PM EDT	EF0	Glades	0.1	10

July 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 17	3:22 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Lucie	0.0	20			$40,000

July 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 29	6:40 PM EDT	EF1	Wakulla	2.5	100			$50,000

August 27 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 27	3:09 AM EDT	EF0	Osceola	0.8	30	$15,000
August 27	12:03 PM EDT	EF0	Indian River	1.6	180	$500,000
August 27	4:44 PM EDT	EF0	Hillsborough	0.0	20	$2,000

August 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 29	5:12 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	0.4	25
August 29	5:24 PM CDT	EF0	Holmes	0.3	25			$10,000

December 10 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 10	4:26 PM EST	EF0	Orange	4.2	50
December 10	5:25 PM EST	EF1	Volusia	0.6	150	2	$1.7 million
December 10	5:29 PM EST	EF0	Volusia	0.1	20		$1,000

December 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 20	5:42 PM EST	EF0	Taylor	0.0	10

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.