Tornado History Map

Manatee County, Florida tornado history

102 tornadoes recorded in or across Manatee County from 1955 to 2022, 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 Manatee County

The Storm Prediction Center records 102 tornadoes whose paths touched Manatee County, Florida between 1955 and 2022. They killed 2 people and injured 27. The busiest month is July, with 23 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 24 January 1979. The most recent was on 31 May 2022.

  • 102tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 27injuries
  • 1,373per 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 Manatee County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF07069%
F1 / EF12121%
F2 / EF277%
F3 / EF322%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating22%

Manatee County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 28 in 1990s.1950s41960s81970s191980s151990s282000s102010s122020s6

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s8
1970s19
1980s15
1990s28
2000s10
2010s12
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in Jul.Jan4Feb8Mar1Apr7May6Jun14Jul23Aug16Sep8Oct11Nov2Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan4
Feb8
Mar1
Apr7
May6
Jun14
Jul23
Aug16
Sep8
Oct11
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Manatee County

  • Deadliest: Florida tornado17 January 2016, EF2, 2 deaths, 4 injuries, 9.2 miles long
  • Strongest: Florida tornado24 January 1979, F3, 7 miles long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado14 September 2001, F0, 16 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado31 May 2022, Unknown rating, 0.5 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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