Storm History: Walton County, Florida
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Walton 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
- 829
- Deaths
- 42
- Injuries
- 35
- Damage
- $198 million
- Episodes
- 413
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 243 | 0 | 9 | $21 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 155 | 0 | 8 | $591,000 |
| Flash Flood | 113 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Hail | 79 | 0 | 0 | $737,000 |
| Drought | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 38 | 1 | 0 | $50 million |
| Tropical Storm | 30 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Rip Current | 29 | 36 | 13 | |
| Excessive Heat | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 13 | 3 | 2 | $1.9 million |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 10 | 0 | 1 | $78 million |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 10 | 2 | 1 | $20 million |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Coastal Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 1 | $300,000 |
| Waterspout | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $133,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Rip Current, June 8, 2003
- Rip Current, March 22, 2007
- Rip Current, September 11, 2007
- Lightning, June 21, 2008
- Rip Current, June 5, 2012
- Rip Current, June 8, 2013
- Storm Surge/Tide, June 6, 2016
- Rip Current, July 14, 2019
- Rip Current, April 8, 2021
- Rip Current, June 21, 2023
- Rip Current, July 7, 1996
- Rip Current, July 7, 1996
- Rip Current, July 19, 1996
- Rip Current, July 26, 1996
- Rip Current, July 27, 1996
- Rip Current, July 30, 1996
- Rip Current, September 15, 2002
- Rip Current, April 26, 2004
- Rip Current, June 15, 2004
- Rip Current, September 24, 2005
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, March 10, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2013
- Tornado, September 15, 2020
- Storm Surge/Tide, July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2001
- Tropical Storm, September 25, 2002
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 15, 2004
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 25, 2002
- Tornado, October 28, 1985
- Tornado, April 29, 2014
- Lightning, August 11, 2012
- Tornado, February 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 21, 2025
- Tornado, September 25, 2002
- Tornado, October 13, 2001
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 28, 2005
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, February 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2021
- Flood, April 17, 2022
- Hail, June 26, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2014
- Hail, June 25, 2014
- Hail, June 24, 2011
- Flash Flood, January 21, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2009
- Hail, April 14, 1996
- Hail, February 20, 1989
- Hail, May 10, 1988
- Hail, February 27, 1972
- Hail, April 22, 1971
- Hail, June 24, 2025
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, December 10, 1967
- Tornado, March 1, 2019
- Tornado, March 31, 2022
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Tornado, March 30, 1960
- Tornado, April 30, 1963
- Tornado, June 25, 1972
- Tornado, May 26, 1973
- Tornado, February 1, 1983
- Tornado, November 5, 1988
- Tornado, May 1, 1989
- Tornado, June 8, 1989
- Tornado, October 4, 1995
- Tornado, November 17, 2014
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
Every episode, newest first
- Flood, June 20, 2026
- Tornado, June 15, 2026
- Tornado, May 23, 2026
- Hail, May 7, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Tornado, January 25, 2026
- Drought, January 13, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 14, 2025
- Hail, September 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2025
- Hail, June 24, 2025
- Tornado, May 10, 2025
- Tornado, March 31, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 13, 2024
- Tornado, May 10, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Tornado, December 10, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 26, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2023
- Rip Current, June 21, 2023
- Tornado, June 15, 2023
- Hail, June 10, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2023
- Tornado, March 17, 2023
- Rip Current, February 25, 2023
- Tornado, February 9, 2023
- Tornado, January 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 4, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2022
- Tornado, December 14, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 25, 2022
- Lightning, June 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2022
- Flood, April 17, 2022
- Flood, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, March 31, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 2022
- Tornado, March 18, 2022
- Tornado, January 2, 2022
- Tornado, December 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 16, 2021
- Flood, July 12, 2021
- Flood, June 19, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2021
- Tornado, April 9, 2021
- Rip Current, April 8, 2021
- Rip Current, March 28, 2021
- Rip Current, March 16, 2021
- Tornado, September 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2020
- Rip Current, July 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2020
- Tornado, March 31, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Tropical Storm, October 19, 2019
- Drought, October 8, 2019
- Rip Current, July 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2019
- Rip Current, May 24, 2019
- Tornado, April 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2019
- Tornado, March 1, 2019
- Flood, January 23, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2018
- Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tropical Storm, May 28, 2018
- Rip Current, May 25, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2018
- Tornado, February 11, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2018
- Drought, January 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2017
- Tropical Storm, October 7, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Flood, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2016
- Hail, June 26, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Storm Surge/Tide, June 6, 2016
- Lightning, June 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2016
- Flood, April 2, 2016
- Flood, March 24, 2016
- Hail, March 17, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2016
- Hail, February 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 15, 2016
- Tornado, January 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2015
- Tornado, November 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, November 8, 2015
- Tornado, November 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2015
- Tornado, August 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2015
- Tornado, April 19, 2015
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 23, 2014
- Tornado, November 17, 2014
- Tornado, October 13, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 3, 2014
- Hail, August 18, 2014
- Hail, June 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2014
- Tornado, April 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2014
- Tornado, April 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2013
- Rip Current, June 8, 2013
- Rip Current, June 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2013
- Tornado, February 24, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 25, 2012
- Tornado, December 20, 2012
- Flood, September 5, 2012
- Lightning, August 15, 2012
- Lightning, August 11, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2012
- Tornado, July 29, 2012
- Hail, July 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2012
- Rip Current, June 5, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Hail, May 30, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Tornado, April 21, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 2012
- Tornado, March 3, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 26, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Heavy Rain, December 20, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Tornado, September 3, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2011
- Hail, July 2, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Drought, May 10, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Drought, October 19, 2010
- Lightning, August 22, 2010
- Lightning, August 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2010
- Hail, May 29, 2010
- Flood, May 3, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 21, 2010
- Coastal Flood, November 10, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 9, 2009
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 16, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 16, 2009
- Hail, August 12, 2009
- Hail, July 8, 2009
- Flood, July 6, 2009
- Flood, July 2, 2009
- Hail, May 12, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Walton CountyEvery warning in Walton 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.