Tornado History Map

Escambia County, Florida tornado history

106 tornadoes recorded in or across Escambia County from 1953 to 2025, 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 Escambia County

The Storm Prediction Center records 106 tornadoes whose paths touched Escambia County, Florida between 1953 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 215. The busiest month is May, with 15 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 3 November 1968. The most recent was on 17 June 2025.

  • 106tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 215injuries
  • 1,613per 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 Escambia County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF05552%
F1 / EF13533%
F2 / EF2109%
F3 / EF366%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Escambia County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 36 in 1970s.1950s61960s121970s361980s141990s92000s132010s72020s9

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s12
1970s36
1980s14
1990s9
2000s13
2010s7
2020s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in May.Jan4Feb11Mar9Apr8May15Jun11Jul9Aug9Sep9Oct7Nov8Dec6
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PeriodCount
Jan4
Feb11
Mar9
Apr8
May15
Jun11
Jul9
Aug9
Sep9
Oct7
Nov8
Dec6

Records for Escambia County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Florida tornado26 May 1973, F2, 1 death, 4 injuries, 105.4 miles long
  • Strongest: Alabama tornado3 November 1968, F3, 18 injuries, 70.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado17 June 2025, EF0, 0.1 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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