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Tallahassee, Florida

Taylor County, FL

Date Time (LST) F/EF-Scale Length (Miles) Maximum Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Source*
9/24/1956 700 pm F2 5 33 0 0 $250,000 G, SD, SPC

Moved NNE at Eridu. One home was destroyed and several more were damaged by this Hurricane Flossy-spawned tornado. It destroyed a tobacco barn and threw two cars from the road.
9/30/1957 145 pm F2 0.1 10 0 0 $300 G, SD, SPC

A waterspout moved to the NE, coming ashore near Keaton Beach. Three homes were unroofed and one of them lost two walls.
6/6/1964 1050 am F1 4.7 150 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
5/19/1969 425 pm F0 0.1 10 0 0 n/a SD, SPC
10/27/1972 350 pm F2 3.4 50 0 1 $250,000 G, SD, SPC

Moved S from Keaton Beach to Cedar Island. A dozen homes were unroofed or otherwise destroyed. Six of them, on "Dark Island," were "knocked over." Two cars and six boats were also destroyed. A grocery store and an apiary business were damaged, 29m WNW of Cross City.
5/12/1974 230 am F1 5 20 0 3 $25,000 SD, SPC
3/18/1975 700 pm F1 0.2 10 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
5/16/1976 630 pm F0 0.1 10 0 0 n/a SD, SPC
10/2/1994 344 pm F1 2 150 0 2 $50,000 SD, SPC

A tornado blew down trees and heavily damaged a mobile home. A family took refuge under a mattress but one child was severely injured.
10/2/1994 550 pm F0 0.5 100 0 0 $500 SD, SPC
10/28/2003 330 pm F1 6.5 50 0 0 $100,000 SD, SPC

A weak tornado touched down near Carlton Cemetery Road, just south of the Perry-Foley Airport where a barn was heavily damaged. Intermittent damage occurred throughout neighborhoods along Foley Cut-Off Road which were littered by uprooted trees and downed power lines. Several homes sustained minor damage. One mobile was damaged by a fallen live oak tree. The tornado dissipated just northeast of County Road 356 and Faulkner Road. Reported by the Taylor County EMA.
9/16/2004 850 am F0 0.2 50 0 0 $50,000 SD, SPC

A waterspout moved onshore and caused minor damage to several homes, as well as downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Taylor County EMA.
*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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