Florida

Storm History: Union County, Florida

139 episodes, 164 events since 1970

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Union 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
164
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$4.1 million
Episodes
139

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 Wind5700$159,000
Tornado4100$2.5 million
Hail2800$12,000
Drought800
Wildfire700
Flood600$1.3 million
Funnel Cloud400
Flash Flood300$3,000
Tropical Storm300
High Wind200$81,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200
Lightning100
Winter Storm100
Heavy Rain100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Union County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Union CountyEvery warning in Union 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.