Tornadoes · United States · Florida

2022 tornadoes in Florida

69 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 2022, 39 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 9.

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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 2022

January 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 2	1:02 PM CST	EF0	Walton	0.1	85			$50,000

January 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 15	12:22 AM EST	EF1	Franklin	2.6	50			$75,000

January 16 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 16	6:37 AM EST	EF1	Charlotte	1.0	50		$500,000
January 16	7:15 AM EST	EF1	Charlotte	0.5	50		$150,000
January 16	7:32 AM EST	EF2	Lee	7.0	125		$10 million
January 16	9:04 AM EST	EF0	Lee	0.5	50
January 16	9:07 AM EST	EF0	Collier	15.0	75	1	$20,000
January 16	10:53 AM EST	EF0	Collier	5.5	75

March 9 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 9	5:06 AM CST	EF0	Washington	1.4	200	$75,000
March 9	5:12 AM CST	EF1	Washington	0.2	100	$100,000
March 9	5:55 AM CST	Unrated	Jackson	0.1	25
March 9	6:15 AM CST	EF1	Bay	0.4	25	$100,000

March 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 11	4:24 PM EST	EF0	Martin	0.1	40			$1,000

March 12 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 12	7:45 AM EST	EF1	Marion	26.6	65
March 12	8:06 AM EST	EF1	Hernando	5.8	100	$50,000
March 12	9:03 AM EST	EF1	Putnam	5.3	70
March 12	11:45 AM EST	EF1	Highlands	0.7	50
March 12	12:09 PM EST	EF0	Lee	0.0	50	$1,000

March 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 16	2:22 PM EDT	EF1	Sarasota	1.5	100		1	$1.0 million

March 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 18	12:28 PM CDT	EF1	Okaloosa	1.5	50	$361,000
March 18	3:38 PM CDT	EF1	Walton	0.8	25
March 18	6:16 PM CDT	EF2	Bay	1.6	75	$500,000

March 30 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
March 30	12:25 AM CDT	EF0	Escambia	0.3	50
March 30	12:32 AM CDT	EF1	Santa Rosa	0.4	50
March 30	12:37 AM CDT	EF1	Santa Rosa	6.0	100	2

March 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 31	4:09 AM CDT	EF3	Washington	12.1	200	2	1	$600,000

April 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 4	7:46 PM EDT	EF0	Hardee	0.3	25			$20,000

April 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 6	5:23 PM EDT	EF0	Palm Beach	0.6	100			$153,000

April 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 7	2:31 AM EDT	EF1	Nassau	3.2	30

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	5:00 PM EDT	EF0	Lee	0.1	25			$25,000

May 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 6	5:49 PM EDT	EF0	Wakulla	2.5	25
May 6	7:06 PM EDT	EF0	Taylor	0.3	50			$75,000

May 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 9	4:05 PM EDT	EF0	Monroe	0.0	15

May 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 15	1:44 PM EDT	EF0	Duval	0.0	1

May 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	5:11 AM CDT	EF1	Escambia	0.4	50

May 31 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 31	5:50 PM EDT	Unrated	Pasco	0.3	25	$20,000
May 31	5:55 PM EDT	Unrated	Hillsborough	0.5	25	$20,000
May 31	6:10 PM EDT	Unrated	Sarasota	0.5	25

June 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	6:06 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Lucie	3.3	75			$10,000

June 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	3:40 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Lucie	1.5	200			$210,000

June 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	2:38 AM EDT	EF0	Charlotte	0.1	25

June 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 30	12:57 PM EDT	EF0	Saint Lucie	0.0	10

July 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 22	7:38 PM EDT	EF0	Marion	1.4	50

August 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 8	5:00 PM EDT	Unrated	Charlotte	0.1	25

September 27 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
September 27	3:48 PM EDT	Unrated	Miami-Dade	5.2	100
September 27	5:10 PM EDT	Unrated	Monroe	0.0	50
September 27	6:13 PM EDT	EF0	Miami-Dade	0.1	50		$3,000
September 27	6:22 PM EDT	EF0	Miami-Dade	0.1	50		$3,000
September 27	7:17 PM EDT	EF1	Broward	5.7	150		$2.0 million
September 27	7:51 PM EDT	EF0	Broward	7.4	75		$5,000
September 27	8:59 PM EDT	EF2	Palm Beach	7.0	200	2
September 27	9:22 PM EDT	EF1	Palm Beach	7.5	150		$200,000
September 27	9:30 PM EDT	EF1	Palm Beach	1.4	100		$50,000
September 27	12:40 AM EDT	Unrated	Broward	2.8	100
September 27	1:31 AM EDT	EF0	Broward	0.1	50		$10,000

September 28 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 28	2:25 AM EDT	EF0	Glades	1.1	75	$50,000
September 28	5:56 AM EDT	EF0	Palm Beach	0.2	50	$2,000
September 28	3:32 PM EDT	EF0	Brevard	3.0	100

October 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 17	6:41 PM EDT	EF0	Indian River	0.5	100			$142,000

October 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 25	11:14 PM CDT	EF0	Holmes	1.1	70			$20,000

October 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 29	12:35 PM CDT	EF0	Okaloosa	0.1	20

December 14 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 14	7:54 PM EST	EF0	Liberty	3.6	25
December 14	8:54 PM EST	EF0	Franklin	0.3	210
December 14	9:29 PM EST	EF1	Wakulla	5.7	75	$50,000
December 14	8:55 PM CST	EF0	Walton	1.6	25
December 14	10:14 PM EST	EF0	Wakulla	1.5	25

December 15 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 15	3:48 PM EST	EF1	Hernando	10.3	100		$100,000
December 15	5:01 PM EST	EF1	Pinellas	1.9	100	2	$500,000
December 15	8:15 PM EST	EF0	Sarasota	0.1	100

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.