Duval County, Florida Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record

Name: Newest storm events on record for Duval County, Florida
Creator: County Hazards
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This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 1,819 storm events on record for Duval County, Florida, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

Jun 27 2026

The newest event on record is a thunderstorm wind event on 27 Jun 2026.

FEMA has 41 disaster declarations on record for the county from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is DR-4834 of 11 Oct 2024.

OpenFEMA has 6,064 NFIP claims on record for the county from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026. The NFIP paid $215 million on these claims.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
Zone (NWS Forecast Zone): A zone is a geographic area defined by the NWS for issuing forecasts, watches, and warnings. While zones often align with counties, they can also represent smaller or subdivided areas within a county to account for differences in weather conditions, such as elevation or proximity to water. Larger-scale events—such as heat, cold, drought, and winter storms—are typically recorded by zone.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.
This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.
It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026.

Since the last update: no change is on record for Duval County. The site compares the agency data at each update. Updates of the data

The five hazards

Storm events on record for Duval County by hazard and period (NCEI, through 30 Jun 2026)
Hazard	1950 to 2026	2000 to 2009	2010 to 2019	2020 to 2026	Newest event
Hail	286	88	80	27	25 May 2025
Tornado	77	14	5	9	28 Jun 2024
Flood	183	40	70	66	31 May 2026
Wind	772	154	266	176	27 Jun 2026
Winter	6	0	4	0	29 Jan 2014
Other event types	495	Heat, cold, drought, wildfire, lightning, fog, tropical and other types
All storm events	1,819	433	610	442	27 Jun 2026

A hazard name opens the page of that hazard for the county. A hazard has a page from 10 events. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

Forecast zones with the name of the county give 62 of the 1,819 events. A county count has the events that NCEI gives to the county. It also has the events of a forecast zone that has the name of the county. A zone with another name counts for the state only.

Rates of Duval County beside the total of the counties of Florida and of the United States
Measure	Duval	All counties of Florida	All counties of the United States
Storm events for each 100 square miles, 1950 to 2026	238.5	67.3	49.3
Storm events for each 10,000 residents, 1950 to 2026	18.2	16.6	52.5
NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force, 2016 to 2025	149.4	191.4	185.3

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. The site gives a rate for each 10,000 residents only from 10,000 residents. Residents and area: Census Bureau, 2021.

Newest storm events on record

Jun 27 2026

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles SSE of LORETTO. Damage estimate: $6 thousand

Jun 23 2026

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, measured gust)

1 mile E of (NIP)NAS JACKSONVILL

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile E of LORETTO. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

4 miles SW of YUKON

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of CEDAR HILLS

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of HERLONG ARPT. Damage estimate: $12 thousand

Jun 10 2026

Heavy Rain

At NEPTUNE BEACH

May 31 2026

Flood

2 miles SSE of ENGLEWOOD

May 29 2026

Heavy Rain

2 miles NNE of CEDAR HILLS

Heavy Rain

1 mile W of LAKE FOREST

Heavy Rain

1 mile SE of JACKSONVILLE

Heavy Rain

2 miles SSW of JACKSONVILLE

Heavy Rain

2 miles NNE of CEDAR HILLS

Heavy Rain

2 miles S of MANDARIN

Flood

1 mile SW of LAKE FOREST. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Flood

1 mile W of LAKE FOREST. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Flood

3 miles NNE of CEDAR HILLS. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Flood

2 miles SE of SIMPSON YARD. Damage estimate: $20 thousand

May 28 2026

Funnel Cloud

1 mile S of OCEANWAY

Mar 16 2026

Thunderstorm Wind68 mph (59 knots, measured gust)

2 miles NNW of FT CAROLINE SHRS

Thunderstorm Wind61 mph (53 knots, measured gust)

1 mile E of (NIP)NAS JACKSONVILL

Thunderstorm Wind61 mph (53 knots, measured gust)

1 mile E of (NIP)NAS JACKSONVILL

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles ESE of CENTER PARK. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile N of ISLE OF PALMS SOUTH. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile NW of LORETTO. Damage estimate: $35 thousand

The 25 events above are the newest in the NCEI record. A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. Wind speed is in miles per hour, with the knots that NCEI gives. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Download these events (CSV)

Storm events on record for Duval County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	4	1	0	12
1960s	7	8	1	4	8	1	1	2	3	1	36
1970s	1	1	2	3	7	8	6	4	6	4	42
1980s	9	6	2	16	1	3	11	3	1	8	60
1990s	6	6	15	12	10	23	27	27	34	24	184
2000s	23	52	27	36	57	43	33	53	58	51	433
2010s	32	46	77	49	62	103	38	104	38	61	610
2020s	70	51	68	78	81	66	28 (part of the year)				442

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996. A count before 1996 has fewer event types.

FEMA disaster declarations

Oct 11 2024

FEMA has 41 disaster declarations on record for Duval County from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is DR-4834: HURRICANE MILTON.

Disaster declarations that name Duval County (OpenFEMA, through 1 Oct 2026)
Declared	Number	Type	Incident type	Title in the FEMA record	Assistance
11 Oct 2024	DR-4834	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE MILTON	Individual, Public
7 Oct 2024	EM-3622	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE MILTON	Public
28 Sep 2024	DR-4828	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE HELENE	Individual, Public
10 Aug 2024	DR-4806	Major disaster	Tropical Storm	HURRICANE DEBBY	Public
3 Aug 2024	EM-3605	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM DEBBY	Public
31 Aug 2023	DR-4734	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IDALIA	Public
28 Aug 2023	EM-3596	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM IDALIA	Public
13 Dec 2022	DR-4680	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE NICOLE	Public
8 Nov 2022	EM-3587	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM NICOLE	Public
29 Sep 2022	DR-4673	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IAN	Public
24 Sep 2022	EM-3584	Emergency	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM IAN	Public
4 Jul 2021	EM-3561	Emergency	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM ELSA	Public
1 Aug 2020	EM-3533	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE ISAIAS	Public
25 Mar 2020	DR-4486	Major disaster	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC	Individual, Public
13 Mar 2020	EM-3432	Emergency	Biological	COVID-19	Public
21 Oct 2019	DR-4468	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE DORIAN	Public
30 Aug 2019	EM-3419	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE DORIAN	Public
10 Sep 2017	DR-4337	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA	Individual, Public
5 Sep 2017	EM-3385	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA	Public
8 Oct 2016	DR-4283	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE MATTHEW	Individual, Public
6 Oct 2016	EM-3377	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE MATTHEW	Public
3 Jul 2012	DR-4068	Major disaster	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM DEBBY	Individual, Public
24 Aug 2008	DR-1785	Major disaster	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM FAY	Individual, Public
21 Aug 2008	EM-3288	Emergency	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM FAY	Public
5 Sep 2005	EM-3220	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION	Public
26 Sep 2004	DR-1561	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE JEANNE	Individual, Public
16 Sep 2004	DR-1551	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IVAN	Individual
4 Sep 2004	DR-1545	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE FRANCES	Individual, Public
13 Aug 2004	DR-1539	Major disaster	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM BONNIE AND HURRICANE CHARLEY	Individual, Public
5 Feb 2001	DR-1359	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE FREEZE	Individual
2 Jun 2000	FM-2305	Fire management assistance	Fire	FL, JACKSONVILLE FIRE COMPLEX	Public
22 Sep 1999	DR-1300	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLOYD MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS	Public
14 Sep 1999	EM-3143	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLOYD EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS	Public
14 May 1999	FM-2262	Fire management assistance	Fire	JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT FIRE	Public
27 Apr 1999	EM-3139	Emergency	Fire	FL-FIRES 04/15/99	Public
18 Jun 1998	DR-1223	Major disaster	Fire	EXTREME FIRE HAZARD	Individual, Public
6 Jan 1998	DR-1195	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, HIGH WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING	Individual, Public
15 Oct 1996	DR-1141	Major disaster	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE	Individual
13 Mar 1993	DR-982	Major disaster	Tornado	TORNADOES, FLOODING, HIGH WINDS & TIDES, FREEZING	Individual, Public
8 Oct 1992	DR-966	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING	Individual, Public
7 Nov 1968	DR-252	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE GLADYS	Individual, Public

DR is a major disaster declaration. EM is an emergency declaration. FM is a fire management assistance declaration. A declaration for the whole state is on the Florida page. What a disaster declaration is

The dataset includes declared recovery programs and geographic areas (county not available before 1964; Fire Management records are considered partial due to historical nature of the dataset).

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

Flood insurance claims (NFIP)

OpenFEMA has 6,064 NFIP claims on record for Duval County from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026.

The NFIP paid $214,735,675 on 4,534 claims.

The county has 149.4 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 3,088 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 20,676 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.

NFIP claims in Duval County by year of loss, 1978 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1970s									8	109	117
1980s	14	6	28	9	27	9	4	1	5	47	150
1990s	1	82	179	35	74	128	198	15	177	30	919
2000s	124	102	25	22	322	55	9	100	396	51	1,206
2010s	8	45	324	54	28	122	546	2,050	24	16	3,217
2020s	34	31	265	21	94	7	3 (part of the year)				455

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NFIP claims by year of loss with the amount paid: 49 years

NFIP claims in Duval County by year of loss, with the amount paid (OpenFEMA, through 8 Sep 2026)
Year of loss	Claims	Claims with a payment	Amount paid
2026	3	not shown	not shown
2025	7	0	$0
2024	94	47	$1,520,889
2023	21	6	$132,030
2022	265	224	$10,771,512
2021	31	17	$287,154
2020	34	18	$304,674
2019	16	5	$177,560
2018	24	8	$223,439
2017	2,050	1,733	$143,752,491
2016	546	352	$19,205,867
2015	122	90	$1,917,488
2014	28	7	$53,498
2013	54	36	$416,002
2012	324	236	$4,177,643
2011	45	26	$469,300
2010	8	not shown	not shown
2009	51	21	$303,597
2008	396	322	$7,367,769
2007	100	77	$1,118,484
2006	9	not shown	not shown
2005	55	39	$893,206
2004	322	219	$6,368,176
2003	22	13	$92,584
2002	25	14	$49,654
2001	102	66	$806,274
2000	124	96	$1,103,123
1999	30	10	$45,106
1998	177	151	$3,451,480
1997	15	9	$46,597
1996	198	157	$3,681,286
1995	128	94	$960,304
1994	74	56	$416,969
1993	35	14	$70,266
1992	179	135	$2,863,232
1991	82	59	$396,886
1990	1	not shown	not shown
1989	47	32	$738,262
1988	5	not shown	not shown
1987	1	not shown	not shown
1986	4	not shown	not shown
1985	9	6	$31,971
1984	27	13	$50,765
1983	9	not shown	not shown
1982	28	20	$28,508
1981	6	not shown	not shown
1980	14	7	$17,525
1979	109	82	$332,106
1978	8	not shown	not shown

A year with fewer than 5 claims shows the count of claims and no amount. A year with 1 to 4 claims with a payment shows no amount either. Such an amount could point to one property. The amount is the sum of the building, contents and increased cost of compliance payments. FEMA counts 596 multiple-loss properties in the county (2 Aug 2026). How FEMA redacts NFIP claims

This dataset is not intended to be an official federal report, and should not be considered an official federal report.
Note, the County Code field may not reflect the individual county the property is located as projects can be associated with more than one county

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

FEMA cannot verify the quality and/or timeliness of any data or any analysis derived therefrom after the data has been retrieved from FEMA.gov.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Terms and Conditions, copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last updated 2025-01-22.

National Risk Index

Risk Index rating: Relatively High
Risk Index score: 97.2 of 100
Expected Annual Loss rating: Relatively High
Expected Annual Loss: $264 million
Social Vulnerability rating: Relatively Low
Community Resilience rating: Relatively High

National Risk Index of Duval County by hazard type (FEMA, December 2025 release)
Hazard type	Risk Index rating	Expected Annual Loss
Coastal flooding	Relatively High	$6,506,614
Cold wave	Relatively High	$25,873,461
Drought	Very Low	$5,528
Earthquake	Relatively Moderate	$5,397,712
Hail	Relatively High	$3,594,331
Heat wave	Relatively High	$8,719,630
Hurricane	Relatively High	$64,942,683
Ice storm	Very Low	$11,989
Inland flooding	Relatively High	$134,421,095
Landslide	Very Low	$751
Lightning	Very High	$3,626,329
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$1,405,613
Tornado	Relatively High	$8,033,549
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$1,371,418
Winter weather	Very Low	$5,898

The National Risk Index dataset leverages available source data for natural hazard and community risk factors to develop a baseline relative risk measurement for each United States county and Census tract.
The rating is a qualitative categorization that describes the community in comparison to all other communities at the same level, ranging from “Very Low” to “Very High.”
The National Risk Index data are meant for planning purposes only.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, National Risk Index Data: Frequently Asked Questions (December 2025, v1.20), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The labels and the ratings are those of FEMA. Expected Annual Loss is a figure for a whole county. It is not a figure for a property. How to read the National Risk Index

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks

The HURDAT2 record of the National Hurricane Center has 118 tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of the county, through the 2025 season. 9 of them were within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

Storm names, years and distances: 40 tracks

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of Duval County (NHC HURDAT2)
Storm name	Year	Nearest point of the track	Highest wind within 100 miles
Debby	2024	50 miles	58 mph
Idalia	2023	95 miles	69 mph
Eta	2020	44 miles	46 mph
Isaias	2020	100 miles	69 mph
Irma	2017	81 miles	58 mph
Colin	2016	37 miles	52 mph
Julia	2016	12 miles	52 mph
Matthew	2016	67 miles	115 mph
Andrea	2013	89 miles	46 mph
Alberto	2012	96 miles	40 mph
Beryl	2012	10 miles	69 mph
Fay	2008	60 miles	63 mph
Barry	2007	75 miles	40 mph
Alberto	2006	95 miles	40 mph
Ernesto	2006	99 miles	52 mph
Tammy	2005	12 miles	52 mph
Charley	2004	53 miles	86 mph
Jeanne	2004	95 miles	52 mph
Edouard	2002	72 miles	40 mph
Kyle	2002	56 miles	40 mph
Gordon	2000	89 miles	46 mph
Josephine	1996	55 miles	52 mph
Chris	1988	60 miles	52 mph
Bob	1985	69 miles	75 mph
Isabel	1985	24 miles	46 mph
Diana	1984	82 miles	75 mph
Isidore	1984	22 miles	52 mph
Dennis	1981	67 miles	46 mph
David	1979	46 miles	98 mph
Dottie	1976	100 miles	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1976	50 miles	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1976	53 miles	40 mph
Alpha	1972	98 miles	58 mph
Abby	1968	15 miles	69 mph
Brenda	1968	57 miles	40 mph
Dolly	1968	94 miles	40 mph
Gladys	1968	45 miles	81 mph
Alma	1966	96 miles	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1966	94 miles	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1965	72 miles	63 mph

A name is the storm name that the National Hurricane Center gave. The distance is from the centre line of the track. It does not show how far the wind, the rain or the surge of a storm went.

ZIP Codes, cities and towns of Duval County

Each ZIP Code below has a page with its NFIP claims by year. 7 more ZIP Codes have fewer than 5 claims and no page.

A city or town has no page of its own. This page is the record for the whole county, which has these places:

Atlantic Beach
Baldwin
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Beach
Neptune Beach

Official channels

FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.
National Weather Service: Jacksonville, FL (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
Florida Division of Emergency Management (opens in a new tab)The emergency management agency of the state.
NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Duval County, Florida: storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record". https://countyhazards.com/county/fl/duval/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Where the data comes from

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026.
Disaster declarations: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, read on 1 Oct 2026.
NFIP claims: OpenFEMA NFIP Claims, as of 8 Sep 2026. Multiple-loss properties: 2 Aug 2026. Policies in force: 3 Aug 2026.
National Risk Index: FEMA, December 2025 release. Storm tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through the 2025 season.
Residents, area, places and adjacent counties: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage.

How the counts are made · Corrections · Hazards in all states: hail, tornado, flood, wind, winter

Questions

How many tornado events are on record for Duval County?: NCEI has 77 tornado events on record for Duval County from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. 8 events have a rating of EF2 or F2, or a higher rating.
How large is the hail on record for Duval County?: NCEI has 286 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. 40 events have a hail size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.
Which month has the most storm events on record for Duval County?: June has 410 of the 1,819 storm events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many NFIP claims are there for each 1,000 policies in force in Duval County?: The county has 149.4 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 3,088 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 20,676 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.