Tornado outbreak of April 15, 1958
|duration= parameter from the infobox header or from another 'History' box instead.| Tornado outbreak | |
|---|---|
| Tornadoes | 5 |
| Maximum rating | F4 tornado |
| Duration | April 15, 1958 |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | None (+4 indirect) |
| Injuries | 36 (+1 indirect) |
| Damage | ≥ $316,500 ($3,530,000 in 2025 USD) |
| Areas affected | |
Part of the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1958 | |
On Tuesday, April 15, 1958, a tornado outbreak produced severe weather over peninsular Florida and part of neighboring Georgia. A total of five tornadoes occurred, a few of which produced F3-level damage; one twister, in Polk County, Florida, was officially ranked F4, one of only two such Florida events on record, but its rating was contested by tornado historian Thomas P. Grazulis. The only other F4 tornado to hit Florida occurred on April 4, 1966, also in Polk County, near Gibsonia and Galloway. In total, 36 people were injured during the outbreak, but no deaths were directly related to the tornadoes. However, four airmen flying through a severe thunderstorm in the Tampa Bay area went missing following the crash of their jet and were presumed dead.