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Tallahassee, Florida

Calhoun County, FL

Date Time (LST) F/EF-Scale Length (Miles) Maximum Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Source*
1/28/1952 530 am F1 0.5 17 0 3 $25,000 SD, SPC
6/20/1961 1249 pm F0 0.5 10 0 0 n/a SD, SPC
12/10/1967 900 am F2 0.1 10 0 0 $25,000 G, SD, SPC

One home was destroyed between Blountstown and Altha. A barn and three other homes were damaged.
5/8/1972 915 am F2 0.3 27 0 0 $25,000 G, SD, SPC

One home was unroofed and one was damaged, 5m NE of Blountstown.
1/12/1975 1045 am F2 21 50 0 0 $250,000 G, SD, SPC

A family of tornadoes skipped NE from the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Panama City, 170 or more miles to Turner County, Georgia.
7/7/1975 1257 pm F0 0.1 30 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
4/4/1979 840 am F1 1 30 0 0 $25,000 G, SD, SPC

A small tornado dipped into Blountstown, unroofing one brick home and tearing apart several businesses.
10/25/1981 430 pm F2 7 50 0 12 $2,500,000 G, SD, SPC

Moved due N from near Hwy-71 on the SW side of Blountstown. About 75 homes were hit, three of which were destroyed. The high school football stadium was also destroyed.
12/5/1982 630 am F1 0.1 10 0 0 $25,000 SD
11/11/1995 954 am F0 0.1 10 0 0 n/a SD, SPC

Calhoun County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado touched down on the northwest side of Highway 73 near State Road 274.
1/15/1997 1143 pm F2 0.5 150 0 1 $50,000 SD, SPC

A tornado completely destroyed a frame home badly injuring a man. Other nearby homes received minor damage. Scores of trees were snapped or uprooted.
1/15/1997 1145 pm F1 0.5 50 0 0 $50,000 SD, SPC

A tornado pushed one mobile home over, damaged another and destroyed a shed. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.
10/24/1997 1134 am F1 0.5 75 0 0 $100,000 SD, SPC

Small F1 tornado destroyed storage sheds, mobile home and pickup truck along Florida Highway 73. One 24" diameter tree uprooted.
10/26/1997 1025 am F1 0.3 100 0 1 $50,000 SD, SPC

F1 tornado destroyed one home five miles west of Blountstown. One minor injury reported.
3/15/2001 630 am F2 2 150 0 0 $50,000 SD, SPC

An F2 tornado touched down just south of Kinard on the west side of SW J.A. Daniels Road. It damaged two sheds and two barns. It tracked northeast and crossed State Road 73, two-tenths of a mile south of Mark Barbee Lane, and uprooted numerous trees. From Mark Barbee Lane, the tornado continued its northeast track and severely damaged two vacant structures on SW Clayton Shiver Road, and then dissipated. Damage surveyed by the NWS Tallahassee WCM and reported by the Calhoun County EMA.
9/15/2004 906 pm F2 7 600 4 5 $2,500,000 SD, SPC

The supercell thunderstorm which spawned tornadoes in Franklin and Liberty counties, produced a strong F2 tornado, which touched down just southeast of Van Lierop Road, a few miles east of Highway 69. It crossed Highway 69 near the Stafford Creek Bridge, and peeled roofs from dozens of homes, uprooted trees, and scattered debris. The tornado then struck the Macedonia Community at Highway 69-A and Parrish Lake Road. It demolished three trailers and damaged 30 homes. The tornado picked up two neighboring mobile homes. One was thrown across a road and killed its two occupants. Another was slammed into a neighbor's house, which killed its two occupants and injured five others. Reported by the Calhoun County EMA. M55PH, F35PH, M41PH, F37PH
*Sources

G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991.  A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental Films, Tornado Project, St. Johsnbury, VT.
SD - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1950-2007: Storm Data. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.
SPC - Storm Prediction Center Database
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