Florida

Storm History: Indian River County, Florida

184 episodes, 232 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Indian River 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
232
Deaths
2
Injuries
13
Damage
$70 million
Episodes
184

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
Tornado7903$64 million
Hail7800$11,000
Thunderstorm Wind3600$480,000
Flood801$5.4 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)800
Funnel Cloud600
Lightning619$200,000
Flash Flood500$60,000
Tropical Storm300
Heavy Rain200
Rip Current110

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 Indian River County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Indian River CountyEvery warning in Indian River 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.