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Tallahassee, Florida

Gadsden County, FL

Date Time (LST) F/EF-Scale Length (Miles) Maximum Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Source*
9/4/1948 110 am F2 10 200 2 12 $30,000 G

A "giant ice cream cone" funnel moved NNW from 2m S of Havana, Florida, passing across the west part of that town. Two children were killed in one of eight homes that were destroyed. Nine tobacco farms were destroyed. In Georgia, losses totalled $30,000 in and near the "Belcher" community.
11/14/1957 830 am F2 0.7 33 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
6/20/1961 100 pm F2 0.5 33 0 0 $250,000 SD, SPC
11/23/1961 510 am F2 0.1 100 0 0 $250,000 SD, SPC
6/1/1967 600 pm F2 0.3 33 0 0 $25,000 G, SD, SPC

A small home was destroyed and four were damaged at Gadsden.

6/12/1968 330 pm F1 4.1 17 0 0 $250,000 SD, SPC
2/15/1969 1145 am F1 0.1 10 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
12/25/1969 415 pm F2 0.1 50 0 0 $250,000 G, SD, SPC

Moved ENE at Quincy. Homes were unroofed and radio towers were downed. One building was destroyed and and the lumberyard was hit hard.
6/27/1970 730 pm F1 0.8 450 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
6/25/1972 445 pm F1 0.3 20 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
6/25/1972 555 pm F1 0.5 100 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
10/27/1972 1230 pm F2 0.3 50 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
4/25/1973 623 pm F1 0.2 20 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
1/30/1974 101 am F2 3.3 100 1 4 $100,000 G, SD, SPC

Moved E from near Hinson to Concord, destroying a large double mobile home. A summer home was also destroyed. Damage totalled $100,000, $20,000 of which was to the Concordia Baptist Church. A woman died five days later from injuries in the mobile home.
5/11/1974 400 pm F1 0.5 20 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
2/17/1975 300 pm F0 0.5 10 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
7/2/1976 200 pm F1 1 30 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
4/4/1979 1015 am F1 0.1 30 0 0 $250,000 SD, SPC
11/11/1995 1227 pm F1 5 100 0 0 n/a SD, SPC

A tornado touched down on the north side of Lake Talquin pulling several large cypress trees into the lake. The tornado travelled across a branch of the lake moving across the the Waldwood Boy Scout Reservation and tracking about three miles to Rocky Comfort Creek. Numerous trees were downed along the path.
12/19/1995 315 am F2 0.3 50 1 1 $30,000 SD, SPC

A tornado destroyed a mobile home carrying the two residents over 125 yards. The men were found four hours later, one man (50) was dead, the other, his brother, (49) was severely injured. Items from the dwelling were found three miles away. M50MH
12/19/1995 325 am F1 1 30 0 0 $20,000 SD, SPC

A tornado demolished a small block building and damaged an adjacent store. Pieces of the building's roof was in trees a large pecan tree were uprooted.
1/16/1997 120 am F1 1 75 0 0 $500 SD, SPC

A tornado touched down in a church cemetary downing trees and knocking over 20 or so tombstones. The church was only slightly damaged. The tornado crossed the road and snapped hundreds of trees in some thick woods to the east of the cemetary.
10/24/1997 140 pm F1 0.3 150 0 0 $200,000 SD, SPC

Four F1 tornado touchdowns. Numerous 12-24" diameter trees uprooted on Gadsden County Road 159. Considerable debris on Florida Highway 27 five miles NE of Midway. Power outages in Midway.
3/11/2000 845 pm F0 n/a n/a 0 0 n/a SD, SPC

A brief F0 tornado touchdown observed by law enforcement and a storm spotter near Interstate 10 mile marker 165. No damage reported.
*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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