Tornado History Map

Hardee County, Florida tornado history

27 tornadoes recorded in or across Hardee County from 1961 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 Hardee County

The Storm Prediction Center records 27 tornadoes whose paths touched Hardee County, Florida between 1961 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 9 March 1998. The most recent was on 9 October 2024.

  • 27tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 423per 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 Hardee County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02074%
F1 / EF1726%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Hardee County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2000s.1960s21970s21980s11990s72000s82010s42020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s2
1980s1
1990s7
2000s8
2010s4
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jun.Jan2Feb0Mar3Apr4May2Jun5Jul3Aug2Sep2Oct3Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar3
Apr4
May2
Jun5
Jul3
Aug2
Sep2
Oct3
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Hardee County

  • Strongest: Florida tornado9 March 1998, F1, 15.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado7 October 1996, F0, 52 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado9 October 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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