Indian River County, Florida tornado history

42 tornadoes recorded in or across Indian River County from 1958 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 Indian River County

The Storm Prediction Center records 42 tornadoes whose paths touched Indian River County, Florida between 1958 and 2024. They killed 6 people and injured 1. The busiest month is October, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 9 October 2024. The most recent was on 9 October 2024.

  • 42tornadoes
  • 6deaths
  • 1injury
  • 835per 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 Indian River County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02355%
F1 / EF11433%
F2 / EF237%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Indian River County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 2020s.1950s11960s51970s41980s51990s42000s52010s82020s10

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s5
1970s4
1980s5
1990s4
2000s5
2010s8
2020s10
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Oct.Jan0Feb2Mar1Apr2May4Jun5Jul3Aug4Sep6Oct13Nov1Dec1
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr2
May4
Jun5
Jul3
Aug4
Sep6
Oct13
Nov1
Dec1

Records for Indian River County

Notable tornadoes in Indian River County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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