Florida

Storm History: Gadsden County, Florida

252 episodes, 356 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gadsden 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
356
Deaths
7
Injuries
10
Damage
$457 million
Episodes
252

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
Thunderstorm Wind11711$248,000
Tornado9026$2.5 million
Hail4900$61,000
Drought3400
Flash Flood1700$114,000
Tropical Storm1310$3.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)1121$450 million
Flood1000$25,000
Excessive Heat700
Winter Storm200$200,000
Ice Storm200$500,000
Lightning112
Dense Smoke100
Cold/Wind Chill100$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Gadsden County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Gadsden CountyEvery warning in Gadsden 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.