National Storms

St. Cloud, FL tornado history

26 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of St. Cloud, FL from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 199th of 275 Florida cities with a tornado on record. 2 were rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on August 4, 2025 (EFU, 2.2-mile path); the strongest, on April 4, 1966, was rated F4. The deadliest, on February 22, 1998, killed 25 along its path.

26tornadoes since 1950
42016–2025
F4/EF4strongest rating
36deaths
699injuries
Aug 4, 2025most 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: 01960s: 31970s: 71980s: 11990s: 72000s: 32010s: 42020s: 11950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 7
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of St. Cloud, 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 St. Cloud, FL

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Aug 4, 2025EFU2.2 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL8.5 mi
Jul 7, 2017EF00.7 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL7.4 mi
Jun 14, 2017EF00.0 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL8.7 mi
Jul 8, 2016EF00.3 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL6.5 mi
Aug 26, 2012EF00.8 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL4.0 mi
Sep 4, 2004F00.1 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL3.4 mi
Aug 13, 2004F12.0 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL2.3 mi
Aug 13, 2004F12.0 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL5.6 mi
Mar 8, 1998F00.2 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL8.4 mi
Feb 22, 1998F328.0 mi25 / 150Osceola County, FL4.9 mi
Dec 26, 1997F10.4 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL3.7 mi
Jul 11, 1997F00.3 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL6.9 mi
Jul 5, 1997F00.1 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL8.4 mi
Jul 4, 1997F10.5 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL8.4 mi
Aug 1, 1995F10.3 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL3.4 mi
Mar 18, 1981F25.4 mi0 / 11Osceola County, FL0.9 mi
Feb 24, 1977F00.3 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL7.5 mi
Jan 9, 1977F10.2 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL8.4 mi
May 14, 1975F114.3 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL1.0 mi
Apr 14, 1975F00.1 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL5.6 mi
Jan 28, 1973F214.0 mi0 / 7Osceola County, FL5.6 mi
Aug 24, 1971F10.3 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL8.4 mi
Jun 28, 1971F00.3 mi0 / 0Osceola County, FL1.1 mi
Apr 4, 1966F2123.3 mi0 / 0Pinellas County, FL4.5 mi
Apr 4, 1966F4135.8 mi11 / 530Pinellas County, FL3.2 mi
Apr 12, 1961F114.6 mi0 / 1Osceola County, FL0.8 mi

More: Osceola County tornadoes · Florida tornado history · St. Cloud 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 St. Cloud

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 1 tornado within 10 miles of St. Cloud in damage surveys (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
Aug 4, 2025EFU–2.2 mi100 yd0 / 023:15–23:22 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.