Florida

Storm History: Jefferson County, Florida

249 episodes, 450 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson 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
450
Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Damage
$94 million
Episodes
249

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 Wind13500$241,000
Tornado9001$489,000
Drought5400
Hail4800$40,000
Flash Flood3700$266,000
Tropical Storm2810$3.0 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)1800$89 million
Excessive Heat1400
Flood1300$127,000
Winter Storm400$200,000
Heavy Rain200
Cold/Wind Chill200$100,000
Ice Storm200$500,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning100$5,000

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 Jefferson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Jefferson CountyEvery warning in Jefferson 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.