The
April 1958 Florida tornado outbreak was a
severe weather event that primarily affected the
Florida peninsula on April 15, 1958. A total of five
tornadoes touched down in the state of
Georgia between 12–5 p.m.
EST. 80 percent of the tornadoes were recorded in Florida, while 75 percent of the Florida events attained
F3 intensity or greater. The strongest tornado produced
F4 damage on the
Fujita scale in
Polk County, Florida, becoming one of only two F4 tornadoes recorded in the
U.S. state of Florida. The second
F4 tornado occurred on
April 4, 1966, in Polk County near
Gibsonia and Galloway. In total, 65–72 people were injured during the 1958 outbreak, but no deaths were directly related to the tornadoes. In addition to confirmed tornadoes, an unconfirmed tornado was also reported near
Wimauma, Florida.