Florida

Storm History: Volusia County, Florida

553 episodes, 779 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Volusia 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
779
Deaths
101
Injuries
183
Damage
$2.8 billion
Episodes
553

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
Hail259016$779,000
Tornado2018107$712 million
Thunderstorm Wind10534$1.0 million
Rip Current655822
Lightning27613$1.5 million
Flood2100$3.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)19120$1.8 billion
Flash Flood1610$87 million
Tropical Storm1320$2.0 million
High Surf1070
Heavy Rain800
Funnel Cloud600
Frost/Freeze600$1.8 million
Strong Wind600$5,000
Wildfire3011$150 million
Waterspout200
Storm Surge/Tide200$8.0 million
Winter Weather200
Coastal Flood200
Excessive Heat200
Heat110
Cold/Wind Chill100$10,000
High Wind100$1,000
Dense Fog1310

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 Volusia County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Volusia CountyEvery warning in Volusia 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.