Storm History: Santa Rosa County, Florida
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Santa Rosa 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
- 678
- Deaths
- 30
- Injuries
- 184
- Damage
- $176 million
- Episodes
- 498
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 | 195 | 0 | 5 | $2.4 million |
| Tornado | 154 | 17 | 113 | $6.5 million |
| Hail | 107 | 0 | 1 | $2.6 million |
| Flash Flood | 92 | 0 | 2 | $17 million |
| Lightning | 75 | 2 | 27 | $1.1 million |
| Waterspout | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 13 | 11 | 36 | |
| Tropical Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $90,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $146 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, March 31, 1962
- Rip Current, July 6, 1996
- Rip Current, July 7, 1996
- Rip Current, July 28, 1996
- Rip Current, March 31, 2000
- Rip Current, April 8, 2001
- Rip Current, April 13, 2001
- Rip Current, April 29, 2001
- Rip Current, November 23, 2001
- Rip Current, November 24, 2001
- Rip Current, May 9, 2003
- Lightning, June 15, 2005
- Lightning, June 13, 2014
- Rip Current, March 24, 2018
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2014
- Tornado, March 31, 1962
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Tornado, March 3, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 2002
- Tornado, October 13, 2001
- Flash Flood, March 8, 1998
- Tornado, January 13, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2017
- Tornado, December 13, 1983
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 22, 2016
- Lightning, June 15, 2017
- Tornado, December 24, 2002
- Tornado, January 15, 1997
- Lightning, September 14, 2007
- Tornado, March 9, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Hail, January 21, 2017
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2009
- Hail, April 2, 2009
- Hail, May 11, 2009
- Hail, April 26, 2005
- Hail, May 5, 2005
- Hail, March 12, 2001
- Hail, January 24, 1997
- Hail, April 12, 1995
- Hail, July 8, 1995
- Hail, March 30, 1993
- Hail, June 30, 1979
- Hail, March 18, 1972
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 31, 1962
- Tornado, December 10, 1967
- Tornado, February 15, 2016
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, September 15, 1960
- Tornado, July 4, 1962
- Tornado, December 21, 1969
- Tornado, December 25, 1969
- Tornado, May 8, 1971
- Tornado, March 2, 1972
- Tornado, March 28, 1972
- Tornado, June 25, 1972
- Tornado, March 21, 1974
- Tornado, February 1, 1983
- Tornado, December 13, 1983
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, January 3, 2026
- Hail, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2025
- Tornado, May 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2025
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2024
- Tornado, May 10, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2024
- Tornado, April 10, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 27, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2023
- Hail, June 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2023
- Strong Wind, April 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2022
- Lightning, August 16, 2022
- Hail, August 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2022
- Tornado, May 25, 2022
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2022
- Tornado, March 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2021
- Tropical Storm, June 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2021
- Hail, February 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 10, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2020
- Lightning, August 7, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Tornado, April 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Lightning, August 10, 2019
- Lightning, July 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, November 12, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2018
- Tropical Storm, October 9, 2018
- Lightning, September 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2018
- Rip Current, March 24, 2018
- Lightning, February 7, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 22, 2017
- Tropical Storm, October 7, 2017
- Lightning, August 31, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2017
- Lightning, August 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2017
- Tornado, June 21, 2017
- Lightning, June 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2017
- Lightning, April 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2017
- Hail, January 21, 2017
- Lightning, January 2, 2017
- Flash Flood, January 2, 2017
- Hail, September 24, 2016
- Lightning, August 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2016
- Lightning, August 2, 2016
- Lightning, July 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2016
- Hail, March 26, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 17, 2016
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, February 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 22, 2016
- Tornado, December 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2015
- Lightning, July 24, 2015
- Lightning, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2015
- Lightning, June 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2015
- Lightning, April 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2015
- Lightning, April 14, 2015
- Lightning, September 8, 2014
- Lightning, August 12, 2014
- Lightning, June 13, 2014
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2014
- Hail, April 5, 2014
- Flood, March 28, 2014
- Lightning, August 6, 2013
- Tornado, July 22, 2013
- Hail, July 13, 2013
- Tornado, July 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2013
- Lightning, March 23, 2013
- Lightning, February 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2012
- Lightning, July 24, 2012
- Lightning, July 6, 2012
- Lightning, June 11, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2012
- Lightning, September 28, 2011
- Lightning, July 11, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 9, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 12, 2010
- Hail, April 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 20, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 14, 2009
- Hail, May 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2009
- Hail, April 2, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2009
- Hail, March 27, 2009
- Hail, February 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 10, 2008
- Tornado, September 1, 2008
- Lightning, August 7, 2008
- Lightning, July 13, 2008
- Lightning, July 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2008
- Lightning, June 29, 2008
- Lightning, June 10, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 5, 2008
- Hail, February 21, 2008
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Hail, February 12, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2007
- Lightning, September 14, 2007
- Funnel Cloud, August 26, 2007
- Lightning, July 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2007
- Lightning, June 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Hail, February 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2006
- Tornado, January 13, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2005
- Tornado, September 26, 2005
- Tornado, September 26, 2005
- Tornado, September 26, 2005
- Tornado, August 29, 2005
- Tornado, August 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2005
- Lightning, July 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2005
- Lightning, June 15, 2005
- Tornado, June 11, 2005
- Hail, May 5, 2005
- Hail, May 5, 2005
- Hail, May 5, 2005
- Hail, May 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2005
- Hail, April 26, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2005
- Hail, April 6, 2005
- Lightning, April 1, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2005
- Lightning, March 31, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Tornado, November 24, 2004
- Tornado, September 15, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2004
- Hail, May 18, 2004
- Lightning, August 16, 2003
- Hail, July 18, 2003
- Hail, July 17, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2003
- Rip Current, May 9, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2003
- Hail, March 12, 2003
- Hail, March 12, 2003
- Lightning, February 21, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 2002
- Tornado, December 24, 2002
- Tornado, November 5, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2002
- Funnel Cloud, September 26, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2002
- Lightning, August 22, 2002
- Lightning, August 1, 2002
- Lightning, July 26, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2002
- Lightning, July 19, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2002
- Lightning, July 8, 2002
- Lightning, July 4, 2002
- Hail, July 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2002
- Lightning, May 17, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 26, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 2002
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Santa Rosa CountyEvery warning in Santa Rosa 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.