Tornadoes · United States · Florida

2018 tornadoes in Florida

46 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 2018, about the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

2017 2019 The whole country in 2018

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. EF2111 to 135 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. EF3136 to 165 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. EF5over 200 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Florida in 2018

February 11 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 112:53 AM CSTEF1Holmes4.81001$250,000
February 113:28 AM CSTEF0Houston to AL11.225$25,000

March 31 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 313:00 PM EDTEF0Palm Beach0.525

April 10 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 103:34 PM EDTEF0Broward3.560
April 104:25 PM EDTEF0Broward3.240

April 15 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 156:09 AM CDTEF0Bay1.160$1,000
April 153:12 PM EDTEF0Pinellas0.220$20,000
April 158:12 PM EDTEF0Monroe0.220$200
April 158:12 PM EDTEF1Monroe0.960$4,000

April 22 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 221:02 PM CDTEF0Escambia0.125$50,000
April 224:13 PM CDTEF1Okaloosa1.2502$500,000

April 23 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 2310:03 PM EDTEF0Hillsborough1.040$50,000

April 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 272:37 PM EDTEF0Broward2.040

May 14 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 145:34 AM EDTEF0Palm Beach1.550
May 1410:35 AM EDTEF0Brevard0.150$500
May 1412:25 PM EDTEF0Martin0.150$8,000

May 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 274:04 PM EDTEF0Martin0.110$200

May 29 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 298:00 PM EDTEF0Miami-Dade0.325

May 30 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 309:01 AM EDTEF0DeSoto0.850$10,000

June 9 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 94:20 PM EDTEF0Volusia0.5150$10,000

June 13 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 132:10 PM EDTEF0Palm Beach0.05

June 29 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 2911:14 AM EDTEF0Hillsborough0.225$100,000

July 4 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 42:30 PM EDTEF0Lake1.075

July 5 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 510:59 AM EDTEF0Palm Beach0.015

July 10 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 105:47 PM EDTEF0Broward4.725

July 20 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 204:22 PM EDTEF0Miami-Dade0.220$5,000

July 23 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 232:40 PM EDTEF0Saint Johns0.025

July 25 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 252:44 PM EDTEF0Flagler0.025

October 10 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 102:40 PM EDTEF0Bradford16.625
October 106:24 PM EDTEF0Sarasota0.020

November 2 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 23:13 PM EDTEF1Pinellas1.7751$300,000
November 23:17 PM EDTEF1Pasco0.350$500,000
November 23:22 PM EDTEF1Hernando0.7100$500,000
November 23:24 PM EDTEF1Pasco0.8125$27,000
November 24:22 PM EDTEF1Pasco1.275$100,000

November 5 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 56:15 PM CSTEF0Okaloosa0.010

November 12 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 1211:33 AM CSTEF0Santa Rosa0.380$20,000

December 1 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
December 11:47 PM CSTEF0Bay2.450

December 3 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
December 32:34 AM ESTEF1Madison2.1279$25,000

December 9 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
December 98:57 AM ESTEF1Pasco0.125$50,000
December 911:21 AM ESTEF1Hillsborough2.850$10,000
December 911:54 AM ESTEF0Orange0.150$40,000

December 20 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
December 208:32 AM ESTEF0Manatee0.2125$30,000
December 208:45 AM ESTEF0Polk0.875$5,000
December 209:14 AM ESTEF0Polk0.1301$45,000
December 2012:28 PM ESTEF0Charlotte1.0100$30,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Florida since 1950Warnings in force in FloridaThe live radar over Florida

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.