Walton County, Florida tornado history

73 tornadoes recorded in or across Walton County from 1960 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 Walton County

The Storm Prediction Center records 73 tornadoes whose paths touched Walton County, Florida between 1960 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 11. The busiest month is January, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 10 December 1967. The most recent was on 10 May 2025.

  • 73tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 11injuries
  • 703per 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 Walton County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04055%
F1 / EF12433%
F2 / EF2710%
F3 / EF311%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating11%

Walton County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 21 in 2020s.1960s51970s101980s101990s132000s82010s62020s21

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

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PeriodCount
1960s5
1970s10
1980s10
1990s13
2000s8
2010s6
2020s21
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Jan.Jan10Feb4Mar7Apr7May10Jun4Jul1Aug1Sep9Oct5Nov8Dec7
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PeriodCount
Jan10
Feb4
Mar7
Apr7
May10
Jun4
Jul1
Aug1
Sep9
Oct5
Nov8
Dec7

Records for Walton County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Florida tornado26 May 1973, F2, 1 death, 4 injuries, 105.4 miles long
  • Strongest: Florida tornado10 December 1967, F3, 0.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado10 May 2025, EF1, 8 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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