Tornado History Map

Alachua County, Florida tornado history

50 tornadoes recorded in or across Alachua County from 1957 to 2021, 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 Alachua County

The Storm Prediction Center records 50 tornadoes whose paths touched Alachua County, Florida between 1957 and 2021. They killed 1 person and injured 24. The busiest month is April, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 4 April 1973. The most recent was on 18 September 2021.

  • 50tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 24injuries
  • 571per 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 Alachua County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02652%
F1 / EF11632%
F2 / EF2816%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Alachua County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 1970s.1950s11960s41970s111980s101990s102000s92010s32020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s4
1970s11
1980s10
1990s10
2000s9
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Apr.Jan2Feb5Mar5Apr6May5Jun6Jul4Aug5Sep5Oct4Nov0Dec3
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb5
Mar5
Apr6
May5
Jun6
Jul4
Aug5
Sep5
Oct4
Nov0
Dec3

Records for Alachua County

  • Deadliest: Florida tornado12 March 1993, F1, 1 death, 4 injuries, 0.8 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: Florida tornado4 April 1973, F2, 4 injuries, 39 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado18 September 2021, EF0, 0.1 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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