Madison County, Florida tornado history

23 tornadoes recorded in or across Madison County from 1959 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 Madison County

The Storm Prediction Center records 23 tornadoes whose paths touched Madison County, Florida between 1959 and 2024. They killed 5 people and injured 23. The busiest month is March, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 19 April 1988. The most recent was on 10 May 2024.

  • 23tornadoes
  • 5deaths
  • 23injuries
  • 330per 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 Madison County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0626%
F1 / EF11461%
F2 / EF229%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Madison County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2020s.1950s11960s21970s21980s41990s22000s52010s12020s6

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
1960s2
1970s2
1980s4
1990s2
2000s5
2010s1
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Mar.Jan0Feb0Mar5Apr3May1Jun1Jul2Aug0Sep3Oct1Nov3Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr3
May1
Jun1
Jul2
Aug0
Sep3
Oct1
Nov3
Dec4

Records for Madison County

Notable tornadoes in Madison 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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