National Storms

Crestview, FL tornado history

26 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Crestview, FL from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 199th of 275 Florida cities with a tornado on record. None was rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on May 9, 2024 (EFU, 2.5-mile path); the strongest, on October 4, 1995, was rated F2. The deadliest, on October 4, 1995, killed 1 along its path.

26tornadoes since 1950
32016–2025
F2/EF2strongest rating
3deaths
54injuries
May 9, 2024most recent
Rating: 012345 unknown or preliminaryLines run from the start to the end point of each path; dots mark where each tornado touched down.

Dashed circle: 10 miles from the city's Census center point. A tornado counts when its recorded path passes inside the circle. Paths run straight from start to end point, as SPC records them.

1950s: 11960s: 41970s: 71980s: 51990s: 12000s: 42010s: 22020s: 21950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 7
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Crestview, FL, by decade

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Every tornado within 10 miles of the center of Crestview, FL

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
May 9, 2024EFU2.5 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL4.0 mi
Mar 18, 2022EF11.5 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL9.7 mi
Nov 5, 2018EF00.0 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL4.5 mi
Sep 3, 2011EF00.8 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL1.8 mi
Dec 2, 2009EF00.0 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL2.2 mi
Jan 13, 2006F04.0 mi0 / 13Okaloosa County, FL7.1 mi
Apr 24, 2003F00.1 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL5.3 mi
Aug 18, 2000F00.5 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL8.0 mi
Oct 4, 1995F21.8 mi1 / 3Okaloosa County, FL1.2 mi
Oct 28, 1985F012.0 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL8.0 mi
Feb 1, 1983F10.4 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL5.3 mi
Jul 4, 1982F00.5 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL7.6 mi
Feb 10, 1981F11.5 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL9.1 mi
Oct 27, 1980F10.5 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL1.2 mi
Sep 21, 1979F00.1 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL1.2 mi
May 3, 1978F00.1 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL9.5 mi
May 14, 1975F10.5 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL1.2 mi
May 26, 1973F2105.4 mi1 / 4Escambia County, FL2.1 mi
Oct 26, 1972F20.3 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL5.8 mi
Mar 7, 1972F10.2 mi0 / 3Okaloosa County, FL7.8 mi
May 8, 1971F22.0 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL0.1 mi
May 17, 1969F10.1 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL7.6 mi
Jan 5, 1962F22.5 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL2.0 mi
Jan 5, 1962F22.5 mi1 / 30Okaloosa County, FL2.0 mi
Nov 22, 1961F10.1 mi0 / 1Okaloosa County, FL7.4 mi
Mar 5, 1958F28.2 mi0 / 0Okaloosa County, FL7.0 mi

More: Okaloosa County tornadoes · Florida tornado history · Crestview hail history · Florida damaging wind

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) tornado file, 1950–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Ratings are the ones the National Weather Service assigned: Fujita (F) scale before Feb 1, 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Paths are drawn as straight lines from the start to the end point SPC records; real paths curve. City and county boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NWS Damage Survey Paths Near Crestview

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 3 tornadoes within 10 miles of Crestview in damage surveys (1 EF1, 1 EF0, 1 EFU). On the map, those paths follow the survey, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, instead of a straight line from start to end.

DateRatingPeak windPath lengthMax widthDeaths / injuriesOn the groundSurveyed by
Mar 18, 2022EF195 mph1.5 mi50 yd0 / 017:28–17:32 UTCNWS Mobile
Sep 3, 2011EF075 mph0.8 mi40 yd0 / 010:12–10:13 UTCNWS Mobile
Dec 2, 2009EFU–0.1 mi50 yd0 / 013:32–13:34 UTCNWS Mobile

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.