Tornado Risk in Florida

All Florida counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index tornado score

Tornado risk — violently rotating columns of air capable of catastrophic local damage — is rated for 67 of 67 Florida counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Hillsborough County carries the state's highest tornado score at 99.7, with $77M in expected annual tornado losses.

23 Florida counties are rated High or Very High for tornado, and expected annual losses from tornado total roughly $530M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Tornado

#CountyTornado ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Hillsborough County
99.7
Very High 1.31 / yr $77M
2 Orange County
99.1
Very High 0.78 / yr $45M
3 Pinellas County
99.0
Very High 0.68 / yr $33M
4 Miami-Dade County
98.7
High 1.07 / yr $25M
5 Pasco County
98.4
High 0.91 / yr $28M
6 Volusia County
98.3
High 0.84 / yr $24M
7 Manatee County
98.0
High 0.91 / yr $21M
8 Seminole County
97.6
High 0.23 / yr $26M
9 Lake County
97.4
High 0.96 / yr $18M
10 Marion County
97.3
High 1.10 / yr $15M
11 Leon County
97.1
High 0.37 / yr $19M
12 Broward County
96.3
High 0.80 / yr $14M
13 Brevard County
95.3
High 0.79 / yr $12M
14 Okaloosa County
94.2
High 0.89 / yr $12M
15 Bay County
94.1
High 0.77 / yr $11M
16 Polk County
93.9
High 2.02 / yr $9M
17 Palm Beach County
93.8
High 1.53 / yr $9M
18 Osceola County
93.6
High 1.07 / yr $11M
19 Sarasota County
92.5
High 0.88 / yr $7M
20 Hernando County
91.8
High 0.57 / yr $7M
21 Sumter County
91.6
High 0.49 / yr $5M
22 Duval County
91.5
High 0.44 / yr $8M
23 Alachua County
90.3
High 0.52 / yr $8M
24 Santa Rosa County
89.6
Medium 0.79 / yr $9M
25 Citrus County
89.0
Medium 0.61 / yr $5M
26 Lee County
87.5
Medium 0.89 / yr $5M
27 Walton County
85.6
Medium 1.03 / yr $5M
28 St. Johns County
85.4
Medium 0.42 / yr $8M
29 Gadsden County
83.8
Medium 0.35 / yr $3M
30 Clay County
83.2
Medium 0.36 / yr $6M
31 St. Lucie County
82.8
Medium 0.35 / yr $4M
32 Highlands County
82.5
Medium 0.88 / yr $3M
33 Flagler County
80.9
Medium 0.32 / yr $4M
34 Putnam County
78.5
Medium 0.51 / yr $3M
35 Collier County
76.4
Medium 1.36 / yr $2M
36 Martin County
74.8
Medium 0.42 / yr $2M
37 Indian River County
72.5
Medium 0.31 / yr $2M
38 Escambia County
71.2
Medium 0.71 / yr $3M
39 Washington County
68.9
Medium 0.48 / yr $2M
40 Columbia County
66.8
Medium 0.39 / yr $2M
41 Charlotte County
62.6
Low 0.69 / yr $1M
42 DeSoto County
59.4
Low 0.61 / yr $995K
43 Jackson County
59.4
Low 0.79 / yr $1M
44 Levy County
58.7
Low 0.63 / yr $1M
45 Jefferson County
57.3
Low 0.32 / yr $947K
46 Calhoun County
56.6
Low 0.38 / yr $1M
47 Nassau County
53.6
Low 0.32 / yr $2M
48 Holmes County
53.0
Low 0.42 / yr $1M
49 Suwannee County
51.7
Low 0.25 / yr $1M
50 Wakulla County
50.9
Low 0.38 / yr $2M
51 Okeechobee County
44.2
Low 0.59 / yr $638K
52 Hardee County
42.5
Low 0.65 / yr $860K
53 Bradford County
41.3
Low 0.17 / yr $840K
54 Madison County
38.2
Low 0.32 / yr $565K
55 Gulf County
38.1
Low 0.32 / yr $650K
56 Hendry County
37.6
Low 0.94 / yr $435K
57 Taylor County
37.2
Low 0.48 / yr $493K
58 Hamilton County
33.4
Low 0.22 / yr $396K
59 Franklin County
32.5
Low 0.45 / yr $447K
60 Baker County
31.5
Low 0.30 / yr $626K
61 Gilchrist County
31.0
Low 0.14 / yr $400K
62 Liberty County
28.3
Low 0.48 / yr $399K
63 Union County
27.7
Low 0.13 / yr $434K
64 Dixie County
26.2
Low 0.31 / yr $329K
65 Monroe County
25.6
Very Low 1.08 / yr $338K
66 Glades County
20.9
Very Low 0.71 / yr $148K
67 Lafayette County
19.5
Very Low 0.18 / yr $201K

67 Florida counties with measurable tornado risk. See the national tornado ranking or all Florida counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Florida county has the highest tornado risk?

Hillsborough County has the highest FEMA tornado risk score in Florida at 99.7 (Very High), with $77M in expected annual losses and about 1.31 events per year.

How many Florida counties face significant tornado risk?

67 Florida counties record measurable tornado risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 23 of them are rated High or Very High.

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