Storm History: Pinellas County, Florida
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 273 | 15 | 320 | $140 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 209 | 5 | 29 | $3.9 million |
| Hail | 136 | 2 | 3 | $2.5 million |
| Lightning | 120 | 5 | 78 | $9.0 million |
| Dense Fog | 50 | 1 | 30 | $850,000 |
| Flood | 42 | 2 | 1 | $4.6 million |
| Waterspout | 39 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 35 | 1 | 1 | $95 million |
| Heavy Rain | 14 | 0 | 0 | $190,000 |
| Flash Flood | 14 | 0 | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Rip Current | 12 | 10 | 6 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 9 | 2 | 0 | $688 million |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 8 | 0 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $122,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, October 3, 1992
- Tornado, April 4, 1966
- Tornado, June 24, 2012
- Tornado, May 4, 1978
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Tornado, August 12, 1976
- Dense Fog, December 27, 1996
- Flood, July 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2021
- Tornado, August 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 1991
- Lightning, June 7, 1996
- Rip Current, June 21, 1999
- Rip Current, August 20, 2001
- Rip Current, March 28, 2005
- Rip Current, July 23, 2006
- Rip Current, July 24, 2006
- Tropical Storm, June 1, 2007
- Hail, July 20, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2011
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 9, 2024
- Tornado, November 11, 2020
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 25, 2004
- Tornado, October 3, 1992
- Tornado, April 4, 1966
- Tropical Storm, October 7, 1996
- Tornado, December 16, 2020
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2016
- Tornado, October 27, 1997
- Lightning, July 4, 2005
- Flood, August 1, 2015
- Tornado, June 24, 2012
- Tornado, October 31, 1973
- Tornado, February 19, 1974
- Tornado, August 12, 1976
- Tornado, May 4, 1978
- Tornado, July 12, 1992
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 4, 1966
- Tornado, October 3, 1992
- Tornado, May 4, 1978
- Tornado, February 7, 1971
- Tornado, February 27, 1984
- Tornado, June 24, 2012
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Tornado, December 18, 1951
- Tornado, May 30, 1952
- Tornado, May 5, 1961
- Tornado, February 19, 1963
- Tornado, August 13, 1963
- Tornado, August 21, 1963
- Tornado, June 23, 1964
- Tornado, December 28, 1967
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, September 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2025
- Lightning, July 4, 2025
- Tornado, June 25, 2025
- Lightning, June 23, 2025
- Lightning, May 31, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 9, 2024
- Lightning, August 30, 2024
- Lightning, August 29, 2024
- Tornado, August 28, 2024
- Lightning, August 22, 2024
- Tornado, August 4, 2024
- Lightning, July 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2024
- Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Coastal Flood, December 17, 2023
- Tornado, October 11, 2023
- Tropical Storm, August 30, 2023
- Lightning, August 23, 2023
- Tornado, December 15, 2022
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, September 13, 2022
- Lightning, September 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2022
- Tornado, August 8, 2022
- Hail, August 5, 2022
- Lightning, August 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2022
- Flood, July 16, 2022
- Tornado, March 12, 2022
- Tornado, January 16, 2022
- Tornado, October 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2021
- Lightning, August 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 6, 2021
- Tornado, April 11, 2021
- Tornado, February 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 2020
- Tornado, December 16, 2020
- Tornado, November 30, 2020
- Tornado, November 11, 2020
- Tropical Storm, November 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2020
- Lightning, July 5, 2020
- Tornado, June 6, 2020
- Wildfire, May 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2020
- Tornado, April 20, 2020
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Tornado, October 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2019
- Heavy Rain, August 2, 2019
- Hail, July 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2019
- Hail, June 28, 2019
- Hail, June 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2019
- Tornado, May 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 24, 2019
- Tornado, December 20, 2018
- Tornado, November 2, 2018
- Lightning, August 30, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2018
- Lightning, July 26, 2018
- Lightning, July 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2018
- Tropical Storm, May 27, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Hail, March 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 8, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2017
- Tornado, July 31, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2017
- Rip Current, June 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2017
- Coastal Flood, January 22, 2017
- Tropical Storm, October 6, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2016
- Flood, August 31, 2016
- Lightning, August 14, 2016
- Lightning, July 30, 2016
- Lightning, July 27, 2016
- Hail, July 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2016
- Lightning, July 8, 2016
- Tropical Storm, June 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2016
- Tornado, April 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2016
- Rip Current, October 3, 2015
- Flood, August 15, 2015
- Flood, August 1, 2015
- Lightning, July 29, 2015
- Flood, July 24, 2015
- Lightning, July 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2015
- Hail, July 3, 2015
- Lightning, June 24, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Lightning, June 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2015
- Hail, May 15, 2015
- Hail, May 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2015
- Lightning, October 14, 2014
- Rip Current, October 4, 2014
- Lightning, September 28, 2014
- Flood, September 27, 2014
- Lightning, September 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2014
- Lightning, August 3, 2014
- Lightning, July 24, 2014
- Lightning, July 15, 2014
- Lightning, July 4, 2014
- Rip Current, June 13, 2014
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2014
- Hail, March 29, 2014
- Tornado, March 6, 2014
- Strong Wind, January 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2013
- Lightning, September 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2013
- Lightning, August 7, 2013
- Rip Current, August 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2013
- Tornado, July 1, 2013
- Tornado, June 25, 2013
- Tornado, June 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2013
- Tornado, June 6, 2013
- Lightning, May 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2012
- Hail, July 9, 2012
- Tornado, June 24, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, January 3, 2012
- Lightning, September 22, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2011
- Heavy Rain, September 1, 2011
- Lightning, July 31, 2011
- Hail, May 14, 2011
- Rip Current, April 27, 2011
- Lightning, April 25, 2011
- Tornado, March 30, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2011
- Tornado, January 25, 2011
- Hail, January 10, 2011
- Funnel Cloud, September 7, 2010
- Heavy Rain, August 8, 2010
- Lightning, July 29, 2010
- Lightning, July 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2010
- Lightning, June 25, 2010
- Hail, June 16, 2010
- Hail, April 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 5, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, January 10, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2009
- Tornado, July 1, 2009
- Tornado, June 23, 2009
- Rip Current, June 6, 2009
- Tornado, May 22, 2009
- Hail, May 20, 2009
- Tornado, April 14, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 28, 2008
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 9, 2008
- Hail, August 4, 2008
- Heavy Rain, July 12, 2008
- Hail, July 7, 2008
- Hail, July 6, 2008
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Lightning, June 14, 2008
- Hail, June 12, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Hail, June 6, 2008
- Hail, April 5, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, January 2, 2008
- Tornado, December 16, 2007
- Lightning, August 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2007
- Lightning, August 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2007
- Tornado, July 21, 2007
- Hail, July 20, 2007
- Hail, July 18, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- Tropical Storm, June 1, 2007
- Hail, February 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2006
- Lightning, September 4, 2006
- Hail, July 27, 2006
- Rip Current, July 24, 2006
- Rip Current, July 23, 2006
- Lightning, July 21, 2006
- Tropical Storm, June 13, 2006
- Heavy Rain, June 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, February 3, 2006
- Tropical Storm, October 24, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 28, 2005
- Lightning, August 22, 2005
- Hail, August 14, 2005
- Lightning, July 23, 2005
- Tornado, July 20, 2005
- Lightning, July 19, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 9, 2005
- Tornado, July 9, 2005
- Lightning, July 7, 2005
- Lightning, July 4, 2005
- Hail, June 28, 2005
- Lightning, June 28, 2005
- Lightning, June 28, 2005
- Heavy Rain, June 28, 2005
- Tornado, June 23, 2005
- Funnel Cloud, June 22, 2005
- Hail, May 4, 2005
- Rip Current, March 28, 2005
- High Wind, December 26, 2004
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.