Florida

Storm History: Madison County, Florida

284 episodes, 458 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
458
Deaths
6
Injuries
30
Damage
$1.2 billion
Episodes
284

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 Wind13602$5.5 million
Hail9102$371,000
Tornado84523$26 million
Flash Flood4000$217,000
Drought3400
Tropical Storm1900$2.5 million
Flood1910$3.6 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)1400$1.2 billion
Excessive Heat600
Lightning403$400,000
Heavy Rain400
Winter Storm200$200,000
Wildfire100
Funnel Cloud100
Cold/Wind Chill100$50,000
Ice Storm100
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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.