Storm History: Lafayette County, Florida
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lafayette 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
- 199
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 35
- Damage
- $1.2 billion
- Episodes
- 153
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 46 | 0 | 0 | $68,000 |
| Tornado | 32 | 0 | 5 | $3.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $219,000 |
| Drought | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| Hail | 15 | 0 | 0 | $32,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 11 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 billion |
| Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $262,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 30 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 5, 2024
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Tornado, February 6, 1975
- Tornado, April 29, 2014
- Tornado, February 27, 1984
- Wildfire, March 1, 2000
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Flood, March 10, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2004
- Tornado, April 23, 2005
- Flood, March 4, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Tornado, June 18, 2001
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2008
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 13, 1980
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2014
- Hail, March 27, 2011
- Flood, April 13, 2009
- Hail, May 24, 2006
- Hail, February 22, 1998
- Hail, April 11, 1995
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2017
- Hail, July 20, 2000
- Hail, February 16, 1998
- Hail, March 16, 2026
- Hail, March 10, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2018
- Hail, June 3, 2011
- Hail, July 16, 2000
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flood, June 20, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Hail, March 16, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 15, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 14, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 5, 2024
- Tornado, May 10, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 6, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2023
- Tornado, June 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2023
- Hail, March 10, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2022
- Drought, November 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2022
- Flood, June 24, 2022
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2022
- Dense Fog, February 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 19, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2016
- Tornado, August 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2015
- Tornado, April 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2014
- Tornado, April 29, 2014
- Flood, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2014
- Flood, August 21, 2013
- Tropical Storm, June 23, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Heavy Rain, May 28, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 31, 2012
- Tornado, September 3, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Drought, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 3, 2011
- Tornado, April 28, 2011
- Hail, March 27, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, December 14, 2010
- Flood, April 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2008
- Tornado, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, September 20, 2007
- Tropical Storm, June 1, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2006
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2006
- Hail, May 24, 2006
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 10, 2005
- Tornado, April 23, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Flood, September 26, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2004
- Tropical Storm, August 12, 2004
- Flood, March 4, 2003
- Hail, July 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2002
- Tornado, June 18, 2001
- Wildfire, June 1, 2001
- Wildfire, May 13, 2001
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 17, 2000
- Hail, July 20, 2000
- Hail, July 16, 2000
- Wildfire, March 1, 2000
- Wildfire, March 23, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 2, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1998
- Wildfire, June 18, 1998
- Flood, March 10, 1998
- Hail, February 22, 1998
- Hail, February 16, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 7, 1996
- Tropical Storm, October 7, 1996
- Hail, May 23, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1995
- Hail, April 11, 1995
- Hail, August 9, 1991
- Tornado, March 3, 1991
- Tornado, June 18, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 1988
- Tornado, May 20, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 6, 1986
- Tornado, February 27, 1984
- Tornado, April 23, 1983
- Hail, July 13, 1980
- Tornado, February 25, 1980
- Tornado, February 24, 1980
- Tornado, August 12, 1979
- Tornado, February 6, 1975
- Tornado, February 7, 1971
- Tornado, August 25, 1970
- Tornado, August 27, 1969
- Tornado, June 15, 1965
More
Tornadoes in Lafayette CountyEvery warning in Lafayette 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.