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Hernando County, FL tornado history

38 tornadoes have crossed or touched down in Hernando County, FL from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 37th of 67 Florida counties with a tornado on record. None was rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on July 20, 2024 (EF0, 0.0-mile path); the strongest, on November 9, 1968, was rated F2.

38tornadoes since 1950
42016–2025
F2/EF2strongest rating
0deaths
8injuries
Jul 20, 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.

Tornadoes whose recorded path crosses the county, or that the NWS listed in it. Paths run straight from start to end point, as SPC records them.

1950s: 21960s: 11970s: 31980s: 51990s: 202000s: 32010s: 12020s: 31950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 20
Tornadoes in Hernando County, FL, by decade

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

Every tornado in Hernando County, FL

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted in
Jul 20, 2024EF00.0 mi0 / 0Pasco County, FL
Dec 15, 2022EF110.3 mi0 / 0Pasco County, FL
Mar 12, 2022EF15.8 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Nov 2, 2018EF10.7 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Jul 25, 2007EF00.2 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Aug 14, 2004F03.0 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Jul 28, 2000F00.3 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
May 29, 1999F00.1 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Jan 2, 1999F00.5 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Sep 2, 1998F021.0 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Sep 2, 1998F12.7 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Feb 16, 1998F02.0 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Apr 23, 1997F016.0 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Apr 23, 1997F01.0 mi0 / 1Hernando County, FL
Apr 23, 1997F00.2 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Apr 23, 1997F00.1 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Oct 7, 1996F00.3 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Mar 30, 1996F07.5 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Jul 13, 1995F02.0 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Jun 11, 1995F00.2 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Aug 1, 1994F00.1 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Sep 5, 1993F00.2 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Oct 3, 1992F10.4 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Oct 3, 1992F10.4 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Sep 1, 1992F00.1 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Jul 11, 1990F00.1 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Apr 23, 1990F00.5 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Nov 9, 1989F00.2 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Jul 6, 1987F01.0 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Jul 24, 1985F00.5 mi0 / 1Hernando County, FL
Feb 1, 1983F11.0 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Aug 10, 1982F10.5 mi0 / 1Hernando County, FL
Jun 12, 1978F00.1 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Mar 18, 1975F10.5 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Mar 30, 1972F00.2 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
Nov 9, 1968F229.6 mi0 / 4Pasco County, FL
Jan 8, 1953F10.5 mi0 / 0Hernando County, FL
May 23, 1952F00.1 mi0 / 1Hernando County, FL

Cities in Hernando County with tornado history

Brooksville (33)

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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 in Hernando County

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 2 tornadoes in Hernando County in damage surveys (2 EF1). 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
Dec 15, 2022EF195 mph10.3 mi100 yd0 / 015:48–16:03 UTCNWS Tampa Bay
Mar 12, 2022EF190 mph5.9 mi–0 / 013:06–13:12 UTCNWS Tampa Bay

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.