What the record says
On 26 May 1951, a tornado touched down near Carrabelle, Florida. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 0.1 miles long and up to 10 yards wide, rated F1 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 3 people.
- F1Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 0injuries
- 0.1 mipath length
- 10 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 29.85, -84.68. The record has no end point for this tornado, so it is drawn as a dot.
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Florida
- Orlando, Florida tornado22 February 1998, F3, 25 deaths, 150 injuries, 28 miles long
- Pace, Florida tornado31 March 1962, F3, 17 deaths, 100 injuries, 6.9 miles long
- DeLand, Florida tornado2 February 2007, EF3, 13 deaths, 51 injuries, 26 miles long
- Sanford, Florida tornado22 February 1998, F3, 13 deaths, 36 injuries, 16 miles long
- Clearwater, Florida tornado4 April 1966, F4, 11 deaths, 530 injuries, 135.8 miles long
- The Villages, Florida tornado2 February 2007, EF3, 8 deaths, 10 injuries, 10.5 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1951
- Almond, Wisconsin tornado26 September 1951, F4, 6 deaths, 3 injuries, 26.4 miles long
- WaKeeney, Kansas tornado27 June 1951, F4, 5 deaths, 100 injuries, 0.8 miles long
- Minneapolis, Minnesota tornado20 July 1951, F3, 5 deaths, 40 injuries, 11.6 miles long
- Olney, Texas tornado18 May 1951, F4, 2 deaths, 100 injuries, 2 miles long
- Soso, Mississippi tornado21 April 1951, F3, 2 deaths, 16 injuries, 33.5 miles long
All tornadoes of 1951 · Florida tornado history · All notable tornadoes