Tornado History Map

Nassau County, Florida tornado history

37 tornadoes recorded in or across Nassau County from 1961 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 Nassau County

The Storm Prediction Center records 37 tornadoes whose paths touched Nassau County, Florida between 1961 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 12 May 1974. The most recent was on 3 September 2024.

  • 37tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 570per 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 Nassau County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02773%
F1 / EF1924%
F2 / EF213%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Nassau County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 1970s.1960s11970s121980s51990s42000s62010s62020s3

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s12
1980s5
1990s4
2000s6
2010s6
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Sep.Jan2Feb3Mar5Apr4May3Jun3Jul4Aug2Sep8Oct2Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb3
Mar5
Apr4
May3
Jun3
Jul4
Aug2
Sep8
Oct2
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Nassau County

  • Strongest: Florida tornado12 May 1974, F2, 1 injury, 17.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado6 June 2013, EF1, 18.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado3 September 2024, 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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