Tornado History Map

Hillsborough County, Florida tornado history

156 tornadoes recorded in or across Hillsborough County from 1951 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 Hillsborough County

The Storm Prediction Center records 156 tornadoes whose paths touched Hillsborough County, Florida between 1951 and 2025. They killed 12 people and injured 665. The busiest month is July, with 26 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 4 April 1966. The most recent was on 8 August 2025.

  • 156tornadoes
  • 12deaths
  • 665injuries
  • 1,527per 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 Hillsborough County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF08655%
F1 / EF15133%
F2 / EF21610%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF41<1%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating21%

Hillsborough County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 45 in 1970s.1950s61960s231970s451980s141990s362000s122010s152020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s23
1970s45
1980s14
1990s36
2000s12
2010s15
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 26 in Jul.Jan14Feb9Mar14Apr11May18Jun24Jul26Aug9Sep5Oct13Nov7Dec6
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PeriodCount
Jan14
Feb9
Mar14
Apr11
May18
Jun24
Jul26
Aug9
Sep5
Oct13
Nov7
Dec6

Records for Hillsborough County

Notable tornadoes in Hillsborough 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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