Storm History: Columbia County, Florida
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Columbia 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
- 445
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $8.4 million
- Episodes
- 327
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 174 | 0 | 2 | $313,000 |
| Tornado | 84 | 2 | 13 | $7.5 million |
| Hail | 83 | 1 | 0 | $71,000 |
| Flood | 21 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 17 | 0 | 5 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $324,000 |
| Lightning | 7 | 2 | 5 | $25,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $110,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, April 23, 1983
- Tornado, November 7, 1995
- Tornado, February 25, 1960
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2014
- Tropical Storm, June 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2014
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Wildfire, April 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2022
- Hail, April 27, 2023
- Tornado, May 26, 1951
- Tornado, March 21, 1974
- Tornado, February 12, 1975
- Tornado, August 20, 1975
- Tornado, January 23, 1980
- Tornado, April 5, 1982
- Lightning, June 26, 1996
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 episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Wildfire, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 17, 2026
- Wildfire, May 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Wildfire, April 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Wildfire, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 27, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 25, 2025
- Drought, November 11, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 16, 2025
- Heavy Rain, March 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 18, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 26, 2024
- Heavy Rain, August 26, 2024
- Tornado, August 4, 2024
- Tornado, July 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2024
- Tornado, April 3, 2024
- Heavy Rain, November 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2023
- Hail, May 11, 2023
- Hail, April 27, 2023
- Flood, August 26, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2022
- Lightning, May 16, 2022
- Tornado, May 15, 2022
- Flood, August 19, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Flood, August 4, 2021
- Tornado, July 7, 2021
- Flood, June 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2021
- Tornado, February 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 27, 2021
- Tornado, December 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2020
- Tornado, June 5, 2020
- Tornado, April 15, 2020
- Tornado, March 31, 2020
- Heavy Rain, November 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 22, 2019
- Heavy Rain, July 28, 2019
- Flood, July 24, 2019
- Wildfire, July 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2019
- Flood, December 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2018
- Hail, June 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2018
- Tornado, September 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2017
- Hail, April 3, 2017
- Tornado, February 7, 2017
- Hail, January 22, 2017
- Tornado, January 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2016
- Heavy Rain, August 7, 2016
- Flood, July 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2016
- Heavy Rain, June 18, 2016
- Tornado, May 20, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2015
- Flood, August 4, 2015
- Flood, July 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2015
- Flood, June 23, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2015
- Tornado, April 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2015
- Hail, March 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2015
- Tornado, November 17, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2014
- Hail, June 7, 2014
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Tornado, May 14, 2014
- Hail, May 11, 2014
- Heavy Rain, March 16, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2013
- Tornado, July 31, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 24, 2013
- Hail, March 23, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 26, 2012
- Flood, August 20, 2012
- Tropical Storm, June 24, 2012
- Heavy Rain, June 14, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2012
- Tropical Storm, May 27, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2011
- Hail, June 6, 2011
- Hail, May 14, 2011
- Hail, April 5, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2010
- Hail, May 29, 2010
- Hail, May 22, 2010
- Hail, May 21, 2010
- Hail, April 30, 2010
- Tornado, January 20, 2010
- Heavy Rain, September 18, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2008
- Hail, July 12, 2008
- Hail, June 18, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Hail, June 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2008
- Tornado, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2007
- Tornado, March 2, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 2007
- Tornado, December 25, 2006
- Heavy Rain, August 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2006
- Hail, July 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2006
- Hail, July 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2006
- Hail, February 3, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2005
- Hail, April 30, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Hail, March 25, 2005
- Hail, March 25, 2005
- Heavy Rain, September 9, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2004
- Heavy Rain, July 7, 2004
- Hail, June 29, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2004
- Hail, June 2, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, June 2, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, November 5, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2003
- Lightning, June 16, 2003
- Funnel Cloud, June 3, 2003
- Funnel Cloud, June 3, 2003
- Hail, June 2, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2003
- Hail, June 1, 2003
- Lightning, May 19, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2003
- Hail, May 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 12, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2002
- Lightning, July 30, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2001
- Hail, July 9, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2001
- Lightning, June 5, 2001
- Hail, May 30, 2001
- Hail, May 12, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Hail, July 30, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2000
- Hail, May 22, 2000
- Hail, April 24, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2000
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 26, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 24, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 24, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1999
- Hail, May 20, 1999
- Wildfire, May 18, 1999
- Hail, May 13, 1999
- Wildfire, May 12, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 1999
- Hail, May 7, 1999
- Wildfire, May 4, 1999
- Wildfire, May 3, 1999
- Wildfire, April 25, 1999
- Wildfire, April 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 23, 1999
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Columbia CountyEvery warning in Columbia 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.