Tornado events in Okaloosa County, Florida The tornado events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 100 tornado events on record for Okaloosa County, Florida, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 10 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 10 tornado events on record for the county.

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.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Tornado.

Newest tornado events on record

May 10 2025

TornadoEF1

2 miles ESE of DESTIN FT WALTON ARP

May 10 2024

TornadoEF unrated

19 miles E of FLORIDALE

TornadoEF2

2 miles SSW of BEAVER CREEK

Oct 29 2022

TornadoEF0

3 miles SSW of SHALIMAR

Mar 18 2022

TornadoEF1

3 miles SSE of HOLT. Damage estimate: $361 thousand

Apr 23 2020

TornadoEF1

At WHIGHT

Nov 5 2018

TornadoEF0

5 miles SSE of CRESTVIEW

Apr 22 2018

TornadoEF1

2 miles S of OCEAN CITY. Damage estimate: $500 thousand

Jun 21 2017

TornadoEF0

1 mile SSW of SHALIMAR. Damage estimate: $40 thousand

Nov 30 2016

TornadoEF0

1 mile NW of MARY ESTHER. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Jul 5 2013

TornadoEF0

4 miles SW of SEMINOLE. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Sep 4 2011

TornadoEF0

3 miles SE of CRESTVIEW. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Dec 2 2009

TornadoEF0

3 miles SE of CRESTVIEW

Sep 1 2008

TornadoEF0

At EGLIN AFB. Damage estimate: $20 thousand

TornadoEF0

At SHALIMAR

Jan 13 2006

TornadoF0

At BAKER. Damage estimate: $2.0 million

Aug 29 2005

TornadoF0

At HOLT. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Aug 28 2005

TornadoF0

At VALPARAISO. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Jul 6 2005

TornadoF0

At LAUREL HILL. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

Dec 22 2004

TornadoF0

At DESTIN. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Apr 25 2003

TornadoF0

At DORCAS. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

TornadoF0

At AUBURN. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Dec 31 2002

TornadoF1

At FLOROSA. Damage estimate: $600 thousand

Oct 14 2002

TornadoF0

At DESTIN. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Sep 25 2002

TornadoF0

At SHALIMAR. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. A tornado before February 2007 has a rating on the Fujita scale (F). A later tornado has a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF).

Tornado events by year

Tornado events on record for Okaloosa 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1960s	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	12
1970s	3	3	3	2	1	5	0	4	1	4	26
1980s	4	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	6	18
1990s	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	3	1	15
2000s	1	1	4	2	1	3	1	0	2	1	16
2010s	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	6
2020s	1	0	2	0	2	1	0 (part of the year)				6

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

Tornado events are on record from 1950. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan7 events
Feb5 events
Mar10 events
Apr6 events
May11 events
Jun8 events
Jul7 events
Aug6 events
Sep11 events
Oct15 events
Nov3 events
Dec11 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Okaloosa County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	52
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	23
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	15
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	1
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	0
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	9

Tornadoes may contain multiple segments. A tornado that crosses a county line or state line is considered a separate segment.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The Enhanced F-scale still is a set of wind estimates (not measurements) based on damage.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center, Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The wind estimates are those of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Beside the other counties

Tornado events on record: Okaloosa County beside the total of the counties of Florida and of the United States
Measure	Okaloosa	All counties of Florida	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	100	3,818	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	10.8	7.1	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	4.7	1.8	2.4

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. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More tornado events on record

Tornado events on record for Okaloosa County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
25 Sep 2002	Tornado	F0	$20 thousand	0	0	County
24 Jul 2001	Tornado	F0	$15 thousand	0	0	County
18 Aug 2000	Tornado	F0	$5 thousand	0	0	County
3 Mar 1999	Tornado	F0	$15 thousand	0	0	County
28 Sep 1998	Tornado	F0	$10 thousand	0	0	County
27 Sep 1998	Tornado	F1	$300 thousand	0	0	County
7 Jan 1998	Tornado	F0	$7 thousand	0	1	County
1 Dec 1996	Tornado	F2	$500 thousand	0	0	County
31 Jul 1996	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
27 Oct 1995	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
4 Oct 1995	Tornado	F0	$4 thousand	0	0	County
4 Oct 1995	Tornado	F2	$300 thousand	1	3	County
4 Oct 1995	Tornado	F0	$10 thousand	0	0	County
3 Oct 1995	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
3 Oct 1995	Tornado	F0	$2 thousand	0	0	County
3 Aug 1995	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
3 Aug 1995	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
23 Apr 1995	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
8 Jun 1989	Tornado	F0	$250 thousand	0	0	County
7 Jun 1989	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
1 May 1989	Tornado	F2	$25 million	0	0	County
21 Mar 1989	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
21 Mar 1989	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
21 Feb 1989	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
28 Oct 1985	Tornado	F1	$2.5 million	0	1	County
28 Oct 1985	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
11 Dec 1983	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
5 Mar 1983	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
1 Feb 1983	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
4 Jul 1982	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
9 Jul 1981	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
10 Feb 1981	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
28 Oct 1980	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
26 Jun 1980	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
26 Jun 1980	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
19 Jun 1980	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
21 Sep 1979	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
12 Sep 1979	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
12 Sep 1979	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
11 Jul 1979	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
3 May 1978	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
25 Dec 1977	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
25 Oct 1977	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
23 Feb 1977	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
6 Jan 1977	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
25 Dec 1975	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
23 Sep 1975	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
15 May 1975	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
13 Mar 1975	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
10 Jan 1975	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	7	County
7 Dec 1974	Tornado	F2	$250	0	0	County
31 Oct 1973	Tornado	F0	$250 thousand	0	3	County
26 May 1973	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	1	4	County
27 Oct 1972	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
27 Oct 1972	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
8 Mar 1972	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	3	County
19 May 1971	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
12 May 1971	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
8 May 1971	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
20 Aug 1970	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
19 Apr 1970	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	0	0	County
1 Feb 1970	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	0	0	County
25 Dec 1969	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
21 Jun 1969	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
18 May 1969	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
22 Mar 1968	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	0	0	County
10 Dec 1967	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	1	50	County
10 Jun 1965	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
25 Dec 1964	Tornado	F3	$2.5 million	0	4	County
31 Mar 1962	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	2	County
5 Jan 1962	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	1	30	County
5 Jan 1962	Tornado	F2	none	0	0	County
5 Jan 1962	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
22 Nov 1961	Tornado	not recorded	$250	0	1	County
6 Mar 1958	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Mobile/Pensacola (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
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.

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

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Tornado events on record for Okaloosa County, Florida". https://countyhazards.com/county/fl/okaloosa/tornado/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most tornado events on record for Okaloosa County?: October has 15 of the 100 tornado events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many tornado events are on record for Florida?: NCEI has 3,820 tornado events on record for Florida from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Okaloosa County compare with the other counties of Florida?: The counties of Florida have 7.1 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Okaloosa County has 10.8.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Okaloosa County?: 75 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 16 events have a higher rating. 9 events have no rating.