Strong Wind in Florida

Events

128

Deaths

6

Injuries

7

Damage

$130 million

• Strong Wind in Florida, September 25 to 26, 20041 death · $118 million · 80 kt wind · 5 eventsAs the center of Hurricane Jeanne crossed Okeechobee County and moved into west Central Florida, wind gusts to near 80 mph crossed the county. No direct wind or pressure observations were available in the county from Jeanne.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Florida, September 25 to 26, 2004$712 million · 61 kt wind · 4 eventsHurricane Jeanne followed the nearly the same path across Florida as Hurricane Frances three weeks earlier and was the unprecedented fourth hurricane to damage Florida during the 2004 hurricane season.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 24 to 26, 20121 death · $50,000 · EF0 · 7 eventsWhile Tropical Storm Debby was located over the northeast Gulf of Mexico, numerous strong rain bands rotated across east-central Florida. One particular persistent, mini-supercell produced three tornadoes as it traveled north from Okeechobee to Brevard County.
• Strong Wind in Florida, March 13, 20141 death · 2 injured · 1 eventA sudden wind increase associated with a passing cold front swept through east-central Florida early on March 13. The winds steepened waves, swamped a fishing boat, and resulting in a fatality.
• Strong Wind in Florida, November 28, 20111 death · 1 eventWindy conditions produced choppy seas on the Indian River. A man fishing within the river near Titusville was tossed overboard by the rough seas, and drowned.
• Strong Wind in Florida, February 24, 20161 death · 1 eventA boater on a small inland lake near Mt. Dora likely fell overboard and drowned after southerly winds increased during the morning to around 20 knots with gusts to 30 knots and seas suddenly became choppy.
• Strong Wind in Florida, November 5, 20191 death · 1 eventGusty winds behind a cold front were strong enough to bring down tree branches. One of these tree branches fell on a woman injuring her while she was out for a walk in Boca Raton. The woman later died from these injuries.
• Tornadoes and Storm Surge in Florida, September 3 to 6, 2011$226,000 · EF0 · 44 eventsA fairly widespread outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred on Labor Day across much of the NWS Tallahassee County Warning Area (CWA). This event was forced by unseasonably strong wind fields associated with a potent extra-tropical cyclone that was formerly Tropical Storm Lee.
• Tornado and Coastal Flood in Florida, October 7 to 10, 2011$110,000 · EF1 · 33 eventsStrong surface high pressure positioned across the mid-Atlantic region while low pressure developed near the Bahamas and retrograded across the Florida Straits, then tracked northward up the Florida east coast...and drifted inland across northeast Florida on the 10th.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Florida, April 19, 2019$383,000 · 60 kt wind · 27 eventsA cold front moving southeast through the eastern Gulf of Mexico into the Florida Peninsula helped produce a band of strong thunderstorms, causing severe wind gusts and widespread damage.
• Strong Wind in Florida, December 21, 2021$1.0 million · 1 eventStrong non-thunderstorm wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph occurred across portions of east central Florida during the late morning and early afternoon hours on December 21st as a low pressure area moved across central Florida.
• High Wind and Strong Wind in Florida, April 12, 20045 injured · $110,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 eventsAn unusually strong pressure gradient developed between small scale high and low pressure systems across central and southern Florida. The high pressure area was caused by a cold pool of air formed from early morning thunderstorms.
• Flooding and Coastal Flood in Florida, December 16 to 17, 2023$145,000 · 37 eventsA strong surface low deepened across the eastern Gulf of Mexico as high pressure dominated northeast of the region creating very strong onshore flow.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 6 to 7, 20201 injured · $312,000 · EF0 · 13 eventsA squall line moved southeast through the Florida Peninsula ahead of a cold front, producing damage winds across southwest and central Florida.
• Coastal Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, January 22 to 23, 20171 injured · $188,000 · 55 kt wind · 16 eventsA line of strong and fast moving thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving southeast through the Florida Peninsula. Breezy gradient winds were compounded by stronger thunderstorm wind gusts, some of which caused minor damage.
• High Wind and High Surf in Florida, December 26, 2004$105,000 · 65 kt wind · 13 eventsA rapidly deepening low pressure center over the eastern Gulf of Mexico moved across west central Florida, tracking directly over Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, and Polk counties.
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Florida, November 15 to 16, 2023$65,000 · 56 kt wind · 11 eventsA strengthening low-pressure system moving across the Florida Keys brought widespread heavy rainfall to much of South Florida from the afternoon of November 15th to the early morning hours of November 16th.
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Florida, January 30, 2013$39,000 · 57 kt wind · 21 eventsA strong system affected the area at the end of January with unusually strong wind fields. The 500 mb winds were as high as 110 knots with the upper level trough, and 850 mb winds reached around 70 knots in the local area.
• Coastal Flood and High Wind in Florida, November 5 to 7, 2021$36,000 · 55 kt wind · 13 eventsAn area of low pressure developed across the southern Gulf of Mexico on Friday Nov. 5th and tracked eastward across north-central Florida Friday night, deepening offshore of the local NE FL Atlantic coast on Saturday Nov.
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Florida, May 4 to 5, 20172 injured · $25,000 · 3 eventsA cold front moved through the eastern Gulf of Mexico and into the Florida Peninsula during the evening of the 4th and morning of the 5th. Numerous thunderstorms developed along a prefrontal trough, causing gusty winds as they came onshore during the afternoon of the 4th.
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Florida, May 24, 2017$36,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 eventsA late-season frontal boundary pushed through the state. Strong gradient winds were associated with the system which led to minor coastal flooding in a few locations. A few strong to severe storms developed ahead of the front which produced gusty winds across parts of the area.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 12, 2022$7,000 · EF1 · 8 eventsStrong to severe storms moved across the local area during the early morning hours ahead of a potent cold front. Severe storms with wind gusts of 50-60 mph and tornadoes moved inland from the Gulf of Mexico and tracked south of the I-10 corridor across NE Florida.
• Strong Wind in Florida, November 7 to 10, 2009$34,000 · 6 eventsA tight pressure gradient between high pressure off the southeast United States coast and Hurricane Ida over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the southeast Gulf of Mexico produced strong winds over south Florida.
• Strong Wind in Florida, March 10, 2004$30,000 · 2 eventsStrong thunderstorms in the Tallahassee area earlier in the night sent out a gust front that caused strong winds to sweep ashore in Hernando and Pasco Counties several hours later.
• Flooding and Hail in Florida, April 1 to 5, 2009$11,000 · 50 kt wind · 20 eventsA low pressure system moved across north Florida and southeast Georgia dropping heavy rainfall and producing severe weather.

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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.