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Washington County, FL

Date Time (LST) F/EF-Scale Length (Miles) Maximum Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Source*
1/18/1936 700 pm F3 15 100 7 25 $25,000 G

Moved NE from south of Vernon to north and NE of Wausau. Six homes were destroyed, and eight were destroyed near Wausau. Six people were killed when a farm house was "obliterated" south of Vernon. It took many hours to find the bodies. One person died in a home north of Wausau.

1/1/1942 1230 pm F2 10 50 0 5 n/a G

Moved ENE from Ebro to Greenhead. Six buildings were destroyed.

11/11/1947 400 am F2 n/a n/a 0 8 $25,000 G

Over a dozen homes were unroofed or torn apart at Ebro.

12/10/1967 700 am F2 10 300 0 0 $25,000 G, SD

Moved NE from the Caryville-Bonifay area to near Chipley. Two homes were destroyed 4m W of Bonifay.

1/15/1971 1105 am F0 0.3 17 0 0 $300 SD, SPC
1/12/1975 1015 am F1 21 50 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
1/12/1975 1045 am F1 32 50 0 12 $2,500 G, SD, SPC

A barn was destroyed and a house was unroofed at Orange Hill, NE of Wausau.

9/23/1975 830 am F1 0.1 30 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
3/21/1976 620 am F0 6.2 20 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
10/31/1985 1030 am F0 3 10 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
11/17/1987 402 am F1 1 30 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
11/8/1989 430 am F1 0.2 10 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
12/12/1989 1015 am F1 6 50 0 0 $250,000 SD, SPC
1/23/1992 1210 am F0 0.7 20 0 0 $250,000 SD, SPC
4/26/1993 530 am F1 5 75 0 0 $500,000 SD, SPC

High winds and a tornado that touched down several times along a 5-mile path damaged several homes, a church, several barns and boats, overturned a parked 35,000 pound tractor trailer, and uprooted many large trees.

6/25/1994 730 am F0 0.1 10 0 0 $5,000 SD, SPC

A roof was blown off of a house and numerous trees, and power lines were blown down in Orange Hill area.

11/11/1995 932 am F1 0.1 20 0 0 $20,000 SD, SPC

A tornado damaged a dairy.

1/15/1997 1112 pm F1 0.2 50 0 3 $30,000 SD, SPC

A tornado destroyed a mobile home injuring 3 people.

1/15/1997 1114 pm F1 0.2 50 0 0 $50,000 SD, SPC

A tornado damaged four homes.

10/26/1997 730 am F1 1 125 0 0 $350,000 SD, SPC

An F1 tornado touched down five miles southeast of Vernon near Greenhead on Highway 279. Three barns, a pickup truck and a doublewide trailer were destroyed. Two homes sustained roof damage. Numerous trees were uprooted.

10/26/1997 800 am F1 2 100 0 0 $250,000 SD, SPC

Two F1 tornadoes were reported along Highway 277 near Vernon. Several homes suffered considerable roof damage. A mobile home was damaged between Vernon and Wausau on Highway 79.

2/13/2000 815 pm F1 1 50 0 0 $300,000 SD, SPC

A tornado struck the Rolling Pines area. One home and two farm buildings were destroyed. One shed was damaged. Reported by the Washington County EMA.

2/13/2000 818 pm F1 1 50 0 0 $750,000 SD, SPC

A tornado struck the south and east edge of Porter Lake. Two mobile homes were destroyed and a pleasure boat capsized. Numerous utility sheds and decks were destroyed. Three small boats were blown into a nearby wooded area. Reported by the Washington County EMA.

3/15/2001 330 am F2 7 350 1 21 $1,500,000 SD, SPC

An F2 tornado touched down in the Sunny Hills subdivision near Gin Lake in southeast Washington County, and raced northeast into southwest Jackson County. The tornado struck the Country Oaks, Buckhorn Creek, and Highview Acres communities. The hardest hit area was Highview Acres where 20 homes were damaged or destroyed. One man was killed when his mobile home was destroyed. Twenty-one people were injured. Hundreds of trees were uprooted and debris scattered over several miles along the tornado's path. Numerous downed power lines affected 4,500 customers. Reported by the Washington County EMA.

10/13/2001 1000 pm F1 2.7 100 0 0 $300,000 SD, SPC

An F1 tornado touched down just south of Gilberts Mill and produced a damage path across Gilberts Mill Road, Highpocket Lane and Stewart Road, before it lifted a half-mile north of Stewart Road. The tornado destroyed a few barns, a pump house, and a mobile home, and damaged a few homes, barns, a church and a business. It also uprooted several trees and downed a few power lines. Stewart Road was closed due to debris and trees. Reported by the Washington County EMA.

2/16/2003 430 am F0 0.2 75 0 0 $100,000 SD, SPC

A tornado briefly touched down and damaged several homes. Most of the damage was to siding, windows, and roofs. Trees and power lines down. Reported by Washington County 911.

9/15/2004 637 pm F0 12 75 0 0 $50,000 SD, SPC

A tornado caused minor damage to several homes, and downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Washington County EMA.

11/2/2015 1054 am EF1 6.20 50 0 0 $75,000 SD

The tornado touched down around Deltona Blvd and Peak Drive, downing a tree and a power line. It tracked northeast to near Washington Blvd and Syfrett Road where the most significant damage occurred. At this location, a tree was uprooted, a portion of a metal roof on a barn was torn off , a garage door was ripped off and caused a hole in the roof of a house , and a greenhouse was destroyed. The tornado continued moving northeast, downing a tree on Highview Circle and quickly lifted thereafter. The tornado was rated EF1 with max winds around 90 mph. It also exhibited a tornadic debris signature on dual-pol radar. Damage cost was estimated.

3/3/2019 533 pm EF1 2.94 300 0 0 $100,000 SD

An EF-1 tornado touched down about 5 miles to the west of Alford, FL in Washington County. It proceeded northeast with multiple structures damaged throughout Washington County, mostly uplift of tin roofing material. Many freshly snapped trees were also seen in Washington County . At one residence, all of the tin roofing material was thrown across the street into the neighbors yard as all as a completely shredded trampoline, a dog pin that was 100 feet to the northeast and a collapsed garage door. The highest degree of damage was at a house near the county border with Jackson County where much of the tin was ripped from the roof, a small barn tumbled about 50 feet to the northeast as well as a metal canopy moving about 75 feet to the northeast. The tornado continued to move into Jackson County, FL and lifting about 1.5 miles north of Alford, FL. In Jackson County, the main damage was also to the tin roofing material with at least one double wide seeing all of the wood, shingles and tin removed from a quarter of the house. At another residence, a small outbuilding was lifted, flipped over and landed up against the house, completely destroyed. A few snapped and uprooted trees were also noted in Jackson county. Damage cost was estimated.

4/23/2020 248 pm EF2 9.35 400 0 0 $250,000 SD

Initial damage was noted near the intersection of Owen Place and Piney Grove Roads. From the touchdown point, damage, consisting of hundreds of snapped and uprooted trees, was continuous right to the Jackson County border along Corbin Rd. The tornado intensified as it moved across Jackson County. In addition to downing many hundreds of trees there was significant structural damage at two locations. The first was at a farm off Farren Ranch Road where a two story outbuilding /home was completely destroyed with debris thrown several hundred yards. The second was along Bethlehem Rd. south of Kynesville Rd. where several mobile homes suffered significant damage. One of the mobile homes was completely destroyed with it's frame wrapped into a tree. Fortunately the mobile home was vacant at the time.

2/15/2021 239 pm EF0 0.71 100 0 0 $25,000 SD

A tornado briefly touched down near Wheeler Lane and tracked north -northeast for a short distance before lifting. On the Wheeler Farm property, an outbuilding was pulled from its anchorage and lofted about 20 yards. It has been anchored by wooden poles in concrete, although the concrete was shallow. Nearby outbuildings were not damaged. A few pine trees along the driveway of the property were snapped. Further north on Wheeler lane, a double wide manufactured home has some roof damage. Other trees were uprooted on Pineoaks Lane and Akers Trail. The damage was consistent with a high end EF0 with max estimated winds around 85 mph.

3/18/2021 502 am EF0 1.56 25 0 0 $0 SD

A tornadic debris signature was observed on dual-pol radar in a forested area with tree damage. No structural damage was reported.

3/9/2022 506 am EF0 1.40 200 0 0 $75,000 SD

A tornado touched down north of Chipley, FL on Cope Road just south of the intersection with Williams Road . The tornado then traveled east along Williams Road for just under 1.5 miles before lifting before reaching SR 77. Damage along the path was limited mainly to out buildings and mobile homes, several of which had substantial roof damage. A few large branches of hardwood trees were snapped . Isolated softwood tree trunks were snapped, but surrounding trees not affected. The damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 80 mph.

3/9/2022 512 am EF1 0.19 100 0 0 $100,000 SD

The same parent supercell that produced the Williams Road tornado dropped another tornado about two miles downstream. This tornado had a very short track, but was stronger than the one upstream. Several large barns and outbuildings sustained considerable roof damage with smaller buildings tossed many yards from their original location. A couple of large oak trees were also uprooted . The damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado with maximum winds around 90 mph.

3/31/2022 309 am EF3 5.87 200 2 2 $500,000 SD

An EF-3 tornado tracked through Washington County into Jackson County Florida during the early morning hours of Thursday , March 31, 2022. The tornado began near Roland Rd and Ovid Ln in Washington County where it snapped tree trunks as it moved northeastward . The tornado crossed Orange Hill Rd and continued on to Gilberts Mill Rd. On Gilberts Mill Rd near Stewart Rd, a barn was destroyed and a manufactured home was damaged and shifted on its foundation, which is in line with EF-1 damage. Snapped and uprooted trees were observed all along Gilberts Mill Rd. Further northeast, a manufactured home sustained significant damage and several outbuildings were destroyed. A camper and a greenhouse were also destroyed here , consistent with EF-1 damage. The tornado strengthened as it continued northeastward along Gilberts Mill Rd before completely destroying and sweeping away an anchored double wide manufactured home and a newer, anchored single wide home. The double wide home was the site of the two fatalities, and one person in the single wide was injured when he was thrown into the tree line grasping his mattress. Several projectiles were driven into the ground at this location. A large boat was also thrown from its trailer and overturned. Damage at this location was consistent with strong EF-2 winds. The tornado continued to strengthen as it moved across Jewel Rd and at that location, a well-built brick home was partially destroyed and likely was sideswiped by the tornado. The end of the home that was hit sustained major collapse of roof and exterior brick walls as well as a generator ripped from its anchoring and thrown across a field. The other end of the home was less severely damaged but still suffered major roof loss . A car in the driveway was pushed off of the driveway , and an attached carport was destroyed. Across the street, a wood frame home with block foundation was completely destroyed and swept from the foundation, leaving only some cinder blocks and a floor joist. The debris from the house was thrown into a pole barn which was also destroyed. An injury occurred at this site when the home occupant ran to the barn and dove under his pickup truck. The damage to this home and the brick home are consistent with EF3 damage and maximum winds of 150 mph. The tornado weakened some as it moved northeast, inflicting roof damage to a home and damage to out buildings along Archie Sapp Rd. On Syfrett Rd, several sheds and outbuildings were destroyed, a single wide manufactured home was flipped onto its side, and a brick home sustained major roof damage. This damage along Archie Sapp Rd and Syfrett Rd are consistent with EF 1 damage. The tornado snapped a couple of tree trunks along Dilmore Rd before lifting just south of Interstate 10 near Standland Rd.

1/9/2024 759 am EF0 0.89 50 0 0 $0 SD

A brief EF0 tornado touched down in far eastern Washington county . The only damage was to trees, and this was coincident with a brief TDS from EVX radar.

*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, 1950-2016: Storm Data. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.
SPC - Storm Prediction Center Database