Florida

Storm History: Wakulla County, Florida

309 episodes, 617 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wakulla 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
617
Deaths
4
Injuries
8
Damage
$495 million
Episodes
309

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 Wind21311$714,000
Tornado11103$2.6 million
Hail7801$223,000
Drought5200
Flash Flood4100$1.9 million
Tropical Storm4000$18 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)2020$461 million
Excessive Heat1600
Flood1000$434,000
Storm Surge/Tide800$8.7 million
Wildfire502
Heavy Rain500
Winter Storm400$200,000
Ice Storm400$1.1 million
Funnel Cloud200
Coastal Flood200$75,000
Cold/Wind Chill210$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
High Surf100$25,000
Lightning101$272,000

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 Wakulla County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wakulla CountyEvery warning in Wakulla 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.