Tornadoes · United States · Florida
Tornadoes in Saint Johns County, Florida
68 tornadoes have crossed Saint Johns County since 1950, 21st of the 67 counties in Florida with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.1 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 21. None was rated F4 or above.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale
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.
F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale
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.
Now
- Tornadoes
- 68
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 21
- F4 and above
- 0
- Worst on record
- F3, February 7, 1971
The strongest
- F3, Saint Johns County, FloridaFebruary 7, 1971
- F3, Saint Johns County, FloridaApril 15, 1958
- F2, Alachua, Putnam and Saint Johns counties, FloridaApril 4, 1973
- F2, Putnam and Saint Johns counties, FloridaApril 24, 1995
- F2, Saint Johns County, FloridaApril 9, 1961
- F2, Saint Johns County, FloridaMarch 16, 1950
- EF2, Saint Johns County, FloridaSeptember 10, 2017
- F2, Saint Johns County, FloridaMarch 18, 1975
Every year with a tornado
The 41 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Saint Johns County. Each year links to every tornado in Florida that year.
| Year | Tornadoes | Deaths | Injuries | Strongest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | EF1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2021 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2020 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2018 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2017 | 6 | EF2 | ||
| 2015 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2013 | 2 | EF0 | ||
| 2009 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2008 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2007 | 2 | EF1 | ||
| 2004 | 11 | F0 | ||
| 2002 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 2001 | 3 | F0 | ||
| 1999 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1997 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1996 | 3 | F0 | ||
| 1995 | 3 | 5 | F2 | |
| 1994 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1993 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1992 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1991 | 3 | F0 | ||
| 1990 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1988 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1986 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1982 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1979 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1978 | 2 | F0 | ||
| 1975 | 1 | F2 | ||
| 1974 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1973 | 1 | 4 | F2 | |
| 1972 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1971 | 1 | F3 | ||
| 1969 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1962 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1961 | 1 | 2 | F2 | |
| 1959 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1958 | 1 | 9 | F3 | |
| 1950 | 1 | F2 |
Every tornado that crossed Saint Johns County
68 tornadoes, newest first.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | 4:53 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 1.6 | 15 | |||
| April 11, 2024 | 11:33 AM EDT | EF1 | Saint Johns | 6.7 | 310 | 1 | ||
| April 3, 2024 | 12:08 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.3 | 125 | |||
| September 11, 2023 | 6:10 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.0 | 5 | $75,000 | ||
| February 14, 2021 | 2:30 PM EST | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.0 | 10 | |||
| March 31, 2020 | 7:29 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.4 | 704 | |||
| December 14, 2019 | 5:05 AM EST | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.3 | 325 | |||
| July 23, 2018 | 2:40 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.0 | 25 | |||
| September 10, 2017 | 1:15 AM EDT | EF2 | Saint Johns | 1.2 | 300 | |||
| September 10, 2017 | 7:50 PM EDT | EF1 | Saint Johns | 5.0 | 200 | |||
| September 10, 2017 | 1:40 PM EDT | EF1 | Saint Johns | 1.2 | 50 | |||
| June 6, 2017 | 2:11 PM EDT | EF1 | Saint Johns | 2.2 | 70 | |||
| May 24, 2017 | 8:53 AM EDT | Unrated | Saint Johns | 0.6 | 25 | |||
| February 7, 2017 | 10:37 PM EST | EF1 | Saint Johns | 0.5 | 160 | |||
| June 10, 2015 | 2:34 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.8 | 100 | |||
| July 21, 2013 | 2:30 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| May 4, 2013 | 9:14 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.9 | 200 | $500,000 | ||
| April 13, 2009 | 10:10 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.2 | 100 | |||
| August 22, 2008 | 1:15 PM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 0.6 | 10 | |||
| June 12, 2007 | 11:24 AM EDT | EF0 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 50 | |||
| April 15, 2007 | 10:10 AM EDT | EF1 | Saint Johns | 0.2 | 50 | |||
| September 26, 2004 | 8:10 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 2.0 | 1 | |||
| September 26, 2004 | 7:30 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 2.0 | 1 | |||
| September 26, 2004 | 7:15 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 1 | |||
| September 26, 2004 | 2:55 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 2.0 | 1 | |||
| September 7, 2004 | 1:40 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.5 | 75 | $50,000 | ||
| September 7, 2004 | 12:00 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.5 | 75 | |||
| September 6, 2004 | 7:20 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 75 | $20,000 | ||
| September 6, 2004 | 7:10 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 75 | $10,000 | ||
| September 6, 2004 | 2:15 AM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 75 | $60,000 | ||
| September 5, 2004 | 9:25 AM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 3.0 | 75 | $80,000 | ||
| September 5, 2004 | 5:05 AM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 5.0 | 75 | $10,000 | ||
| July 19, 2002 | 7:00 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.0 | 0 | $10,000 | ||
| September 14, 2001 | 6:15 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| September 14, 2001 | 2:55 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| September 14, 2001 | 2:10 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| January 2, 1999 | 11:15 PM EST | F0 | Putnam | 5.0 | 10 | $40,000 | ||
| February 13, 1997 | 5:55 PM EST | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.2 | 20 | $10,000 | ||
| October 7, 1996 | 6:10 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | $2,000 | ||
| April 30, 1996 | 7:56 AM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.5 | 10 | $30,000 | ||
| February 2, 1996 | 7:00 PM EST | F0 | Saint Johns | 3.0 | 10 | $10,000 | ||
| August 3, 1995 | 12:15 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 8.0 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 12, 1995 | 12:50 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| April 24, 1995 | 10:20 AM EDT | F2 | Putnam | 10.0 | 350 | 5 | $500,000 to $5 million | |
| September 25, 1994 | 4:53 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.2 | 23 | |||
| June 27, 1993 | 1:30 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.6 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| April 11, 1992 | 3:40 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| August 13, 1991 | 5:45 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | $50 to $500 | ||
| May 1, 1991 | 3:15 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.2 | 10 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| April 23, 1991 | 11:10 AM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 3, 1990 | 4:00 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.2 | 10 | |||
| July 10, 1988 | 5:30 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 30 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| March 14, 1986 | 7:15 AM EST | F0 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 26, 1982 | 1:00 PM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.5 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| July 11, 1979 | 6:00 PM EDT | F1 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 30 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 4, 1978 | 11:00 AM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.2 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 4, 1978 | 9:00 AM EDT | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 13 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| March 18, 1975 | 9:40 PM EDT | F2 | Saint Johns | 1.0 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| May 12, 1974 | 8:00 AM EDT | F1 | Saint Johns | 2.0 | 50 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| April 4, 1973 | 6:15 AM EST | F2 | Alachua | 39.0 | 67 | 4 | $50,000 to $500,000 | |
| March 28, 1972 | 2:30 PM EST | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.5 | 20 | $50 to $500 | ||
| February 7, 1971 | 2:35 PM EST | F3 | Saint Johns | 13.1 | 200 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 5, 1969 | 5:00 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| August 23, 1962 | 10:45 AM GMT-4 | F0 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| April 9, 1961 | 5:00 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Saint Johns | 5.1 | 200 | 2 | $5,000 to $50,000 | |
| June 6, 1959 | 2:55 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | $50 to $500 | ||
| April 15, 1958 | 12:20 PM GMT-5 | F3 | Saint Johns | 3.6 | 73 | 9 | $50,000 to $500,000 | |
| March 16, 1950 | 10:15 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Saint Johns | 1.5 | 150 | $500 to $5,000 |
Nearby
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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.