Clay County, Florida tornado history

29 tornadoes recorded in or across Clay County from 1953 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Clay County

The Storm Prediction Center records 29 tornadoes whose paths touched Clay County, Florida between 1953 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 29 March 2001. The most recent was on 4 February 2024.

  • 29tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 7injuries
  • 480per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Clay County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0931%
F1 / EF11448%
F2 / EF2621%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Clay County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 1970s.1950s21960s41970s81980s52000s52010s22020s3

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s4
1970s8
1980s5
2000s5
2010s2
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Sep.Jan3Feb4Mar5Apr2May1Jun2Jul0Aug3Sep6Oct2Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb4
Mar5
Apr2
May1
Jun2
Jul0
Aug3
Sep6
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Clay County

  • Strongest: Florida tornado29 March 2001, F2, 12 miles long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado6 February 1975, F1, 1 injury, 20.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado4 February 2024, EF1, 1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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