Florida

Storm History: Leon County, Florida

492 episodes, 1,350 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Leon 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
1,350
Deaths
14
Injuries
12
Damage
$489 million
Episodes
492

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
Hail33511$3.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind31117$1.6 million
Tornado30633$192 million
Flash Flood18410$39 million
Flood6100$2.4 million
Drought3400
Heavy Rain3100$35,000
Lightning2511$1.7 million
Tropical Storm2100$44 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)1130$202 million
Excessive Heat900
Storm Surge/Tide800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill320
Funnel Cloud200
Dense Smoke200
Cold/Wind Chill210$1.1 million
Winter Storm200$200,000
Ice Storm200$500,000
Heat110

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 Leon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Leon CountyEvery warning in Leon 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.