Florida

Storm History: Jackson County, Florida

371 episodes, 731 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
731
Deaths
5
Injuries
36
Damage
$767 million
Episodes
371

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 Wind19201$1.1 million
Tornado189030$34 million
Hail10400$1.4 million
Flash Flood10300$457,000
Flood4300$70 million
Drought4300
Tropical Storm1601$510,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)1454$658 million
Excessive Heat1300
Lightning300$375,000
Funnel Cloud300
Ice Storm200$500,000
Strong Wind100$500
Winter Storm100$200,000
Winter Weather100
Cold/Wind Chill100$50,000
Heavy Snow100
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 Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.