Florida

Storm History: Franklin County, Florida

221 episodes, 343 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
343
Deaths
11
Injuries
12
Damage
$492 million
Episodes
221

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
Tornado8669$5.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind5400$228,000
Drought4600
Tropical Storm2800$1.9 million
Flash Flood2400$205,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)2320$471 million
Hail1900$27,000
Excessive Heat1900
Storm Surge/Tide1000$10 million
Waterspout500
Wildfire400$800,000
Coastal Flood400$50,000
Winter Storm400$200,000
Flood300$700,000
Rip Current332
Ice Storm300$550,000
High Surf200$120,000
Cold/Wind Chill200$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning101$5,000
Heavy Rain100

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 Franklin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.