Tornado History Map

Holmes County, Florida tornado history

25 tornadoes recorded in or across Holmes County from 1963 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 Holmes County

The Storm Prediction Center records 25 tornadoes whose paths touched Holmes County, Florida between 1963 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 4. The busiest month is April, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 25 June 1972. The most recent was on 10 May 2025.

  • 25tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 4injuries
  • 522per 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 Holmes County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0832%
F1 / EF11144%
F2 / EF2624%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Holmes County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2000s.1960s41970s31980s21990s22000s62010s22020s6

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

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PeriodCount
1960s4
1970s3
1980s2
1990s2
2000s6
2010s2
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Apr.Jan2Feb2Mar1Apr4May2Jun1Jul0Aug1Sep3Oct3Nov2Dec4
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb2
Mar1
Apr4
May2
Jun1
Jul0
Aug1
Sep3
Oct3
Nov2
Dec4

Records for Holmes County

  • Deadliest and Strongest: Florida tornado25 June 1972, F2, 1 death, 2 injuries, 0.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado30 April 1963, F2, 61 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado10 May 2025, EF2, 1 injury, 15.5 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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