Florida

Storm History: Pinellas County, Florida

796 episodes, 993 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pinellas 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
993
Deaths
43
Injuries
469
Damage
$951 million
Episodes
796

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
Tornado27315320$140 million
Thunderstorm Wind209529$3.9 million
Hail13623$2.5 million
Lightning120578$9.0 million
Dense Fog50130$850,000
Flood4221$4.6 million
Waterspout3900$35,000
Tropical Storm3511$95 million
Heavy Rain1400$190,000
Flash Flood1401$3.4 million
Rip Current12106
Hurricane (Typhoon)920$688 million
Storm Surge/Tide800$2.9 million
High Wind600$75,000
Wildfire600$5,000
Frost/Freeze600
Coastal Flood600$122,000
Funnel Cloud400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200$1.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill100
Strong Wind100$10,000

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 Pinellas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pinellas CountyEvery warning in Pinellas 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.