Florida

Storm History: Bay County, Florida

440 episodes, 888 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bay County, Florida: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
888
Deaths
115
Injuries
165
Damage
$7.2 billion
Episodes
440

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado2794130$52 million
Flash Flood12600$5.7 million
Hail10100$269,000
Thunderstorm Wind8613$8.4 million
Drought6600
Rip Current626916
Tropical Storm3530$5.5 million
Flood3500$7.4 million
Excessive Heat2500
Lightning1547$397,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)13299$7.1 billion
Storm Surge/Tide1010$13 million
Wildfire800$10,000
Waterspout400
Coastal Flood400$51,000
Ice Storm400$1.0 million
High Surf330
Heavy Rain200
Winter Storm200$200,000
Winter Weather200
Cold/Wind Chill200$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Fog110

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Bay County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Bay CountyEvery warning in Bay County since 1986Every county in Florida

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.