Duval County, Florida tornado history

81 tornadoes recorded in or across Duval County from 1951 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 Duval County

The Storm Prediction Center records 81 tornadoes whose paths touched Duval County, Florida between 1951 and 2024. They killed 1 person and injured 13. The busiest month is June, with 18 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 12 May 1974. The most recent was on 28 June 2024.

  • 81tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 13injuries
  • 1,062per 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 Duval County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04657%
F1 / EF12632%
F2 / EF2911%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Duval County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 1970s.1950s81960s101970s141980s71990s142000s142010s52020s9

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

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PeriodCount
1950s8
1960s10
1970s14
1980s7
1990s14
2000s14
2010s5
2020s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in Jun.Jan3Feb5Mar5Apr5May7Jun18Jul13Aug9Sep9Oct1Nov0Dec6
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PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb5
Mar5
Apr5
May7
Jun18
Jul13
Aug9
Sep9
Oct1
Nov0
Dec6

Records for Duval County

  • Deadliest: Florida tornado11 June 2001, F0, 1 death, 0.1 miles long
  • Strongest: Florida tornado12 May 1974, F2, 1 injury, 17.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado6 June 2013, EF1, 18.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado28 June 2024, EF1, 1.4 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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