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Okeechobee, FL tornado history

22 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Okeechobee, FL from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 221st 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 October 9, 2024 (EF1, 17.1-mile path); the strongest, on October 9, 2024, was rated EF2. The deadliest, on May 12, 1996, killed 1 along its path.

22tornadoes since 1950
22016–2025
F2/EF2strongest rating
1deaths
18injuries
Oct 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: 21960s: 21970s: 31980s: 71990s: 32000s: 02010s: 32020s: 21950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 7
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Okeechobee, 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 Okeechobee, FL

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Oct 9, 2024EF117.1 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL7.7 mi
Oct 9, 2024EF28.5 mi0 / 2Okeechobee County, FL4.2 mi
Jul 12, 2014EF00.1 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL4.4 mi
Jun 1, 2012EF00.9 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL4.1 mi
Oct 18, 2011EF01.9 mi0 / 0Glades County, FL9.8 mi
Mar 8, 1998F14.0 mi0 / 10Okeechobee County, FL0.2 mi
May 12, 1996F00.1 mi1 / 0Okeechobee County, FL0.5 mi
Apr 4, 1993F00.1 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL0.6 mi
Jul 26, 1988F01.0 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL0.6 mi
Apr 30, 1988F12.0 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL0.6 mi
Mar 17, 1985F15.0 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL2.0 mi
Mar 20, 1983F25.0 mi0 / 4Okeechobee County, FL0.6 mi
Jun 24, 1981F00.1 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL7.4 mi
Jun 24, 1981F00.1 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL7.4 mi
Apr 19, 1980F00.3 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL2.9 mi
Mar 3, 1978F10.1 mi0 / 0Highlands County, FL0.6 mi
Jun 18, 1972F01.0 mi0 / 0Highlands County, FL8.8 mi
Jun 12, 1970F00.1 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL3.4 mi
Nov 14, 1969F23.8 mi0 / 2Okeechobee County, FL4.4 mi
Jun 22, 1961F00.1 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL6.4 mi
Jul 4, 1959F10.1 mi0 / 0Okeechobee County, FL0.6 mi
Jul 29, 1955F10.9 mi0 / 0Palm Beach County, FL5.7 mi

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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 Near Okeechobee

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 2 tornadoes within 10 miles of Okeechobee in damage surveys (1 EF2, 1 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
Oct 9, 2024EF1110 mph17.1 mi300 yd0 / 018:10–18:39 UTCNWS Melbourne
Oct 9, 2024EF2115 mph8.5 mi250 yd0 / 218:04–18:20 UTCNWS Melbourne

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.