Tornado History Map

Gulf County, Florida tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Gulf County from 1954 to 2015, 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 Gulf County

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Gulf County, Florida between 1954 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 27 October 1972. The most recent was on 8 August 2015.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 560per 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 Gulf County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01961%
F1 / EF1929%
F2 / EF2310%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Gulf County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 1990s.1950s21960s21970s51980s21990s112000s72010s2

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s2
1970s5
1980s2
1990s11
2000s7
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Mar.Jan3Feb4Mar8Apr2May0Jun0Jul2Aug1Sep4Oct3Nov2Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb4
Mar8
Apr2
May0
Jun0
Jul2
Aug1
Sep4
Oct3
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Gulf County

  • Strongest: Florida tornado27 October 1972, F2, 1 injury, 1 mile long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado15 September 2004, F1, 6 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado8 August 2015, EF0, 0.5 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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