Florida

Storm History: Gulf County, Florida

213 episodes, 317 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gulf 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
317
Deaths
12
Injuries
5
Damage
$621 million
Episodes
213

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
Tornado6103$2.2 million
Drought5100
Thunderstorm Wind3800$323,000
Hail3500$393,000
Tropical Storm2600$1.6 million
Flash Flood2200$162,000
Excessive Heat2200
Hurricane (Typhoon)1640$492 million
Storm Surge/Tide1000$13 million
Flood600$110 million
Rip Current662
Wildfire500
Ice Storm400$1.0 million
Coastal Flood300$50,000
Waterspout200
High Surf200$5,000
Lightning220
Winter Storm200$200,000
Cold/Wind Chill200$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200

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 Gulf County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Gulf CountyEvery warning in Gulf 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.