Storm History: Gilchrist County, Florida
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gilchrist 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
- 185
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $8.8 million
- Episodes
- 150
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 58 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 57 | 0 | 2 | $113,000 |
| Tornado | 23 | 0 | 4 | $2.5 million |
| Wildfire | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $6.1 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, March 1, 1998
- Tornado, April 23, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 29, 2001
- Tornado, May 12, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 7, 1996
- Hail, July 1, 2007
- Tornado, November 7, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 1998
- Hail, May 20, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 1998
- Tornado, July 3, 1970
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 1999
- Hail, July 5, 1995
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
- Hail, May 17, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Wildfire, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 27, 2026
- Heavy Rain, March 29, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 9, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 26, 2024
- Tornado, August 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 27, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Flood, August 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2023
- Hail, May 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2022
- Tornado, March 18, 2021
- Tornado, December 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2020
- Lightning, May 28, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 6, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Wildfire, July 4, 2019
- Flood, June 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2019
- Hail, March 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Tornado, September 10, 2017
- Funnel Cloud, September 4, 2017
- Heavy Rain, August 11, 2017
- Tornado, June 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2017
- Tornado, February 7, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2015
- Heavy Rain, August 5, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Lightning, September 15, 2014
- Hail, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 29, 2014
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Lightning, August 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Tropical Storm, June 24, 2012
- Tornado, October 7, 2011
- Hail, June 14, 2011
- Hail, June 6, 2011
- Wildfire, April 20, 2011
- Hail, April 5, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- Funnel Cloud, June 4, 2010
- Hail, April 30, 2010
- Hail, April 25, 2010
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Hail, June 13, 2009
- Tornado, April 13, 2009
- Hail, October 9, 2008
- Tornado, August 21, 2008
- Heavy Rain, July 7, 2008
- Hail, June 17, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Wildfire, April 30, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2008
- Tornado, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Hail, August 27, 2007
- Tornado, July 14, 2007
- Hail, July 1, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- Hail, May 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 2006
- Hail, July 29, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Lightning, July 27, 2006
- Hail, July 27, 2006
- Tropical Storm, June 13, 2006
- Lightning, May 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2006
- Hail, May 28, 2006
- Hail, January 2, 2006
- Heavy Rain, July 9, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 25, 2004
- Flood, September 9, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2003
- Hail, May 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2003
- Hail, March 1, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2002
- Funnel Cloud, May 30, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2002
- Funnel Cloud, June 19, 2001
- Hail, May 30, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000
- Hail, May 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 1999
- Hail, May 20, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 1999
- Wildfire, May 3, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 18, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 1998
- Hail, August 8, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 1998
- Wildfire, July 10, 1998
- Hail, June 25, 1998
- Hail, June 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 1998
- Flood, March 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 17, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 7, 1996
- Tornado, November 7, 1995
- Hail, July 5, 1995
- Tornado, May 12, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1995
- Tornado, February 17, 1992
- Tornado, February 27, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 1983
- Tornado, April 23, 1983
- Hail, April 26, 1971
- Tornado, July 3, 1970
- Tornado, December 28, 1967
- Hail, June 16, 1966
More
Tornadoes in Gilchrist CountyEvery warning in Gilchrist 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.