Florida

Storm History: Washington County, Florida

254 episodes, 433 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
433
Deaths
7
Injuries
38
Damage
$480 million
Episodes
254

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
Tornado126337$28 million
Thunderstorm Wind9100$272,000
Flash Flood5401$25 million
Hail4500$84,000
Drought3800
Tropical Storm3300$12 million
Flood1500$11 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)1140$403 million
Excessive Heat1100
Ice Storm200$500,000
Lightning100$75,000
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
Winter Storm100$200,000
Winter Weather100
Cold/Wind Chill100$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.