Manatee County, Florida
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1955 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
94
Tornado reports
71
Hail reports
58
Floods since 1996
589
All events
13
Deaths
$72.8M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Manatee County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 93 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Broadcast Media reported a fatal lightning strike that hit a man working on a roof.
Heavy rain started to fall over Manatee County on the 26th and continued through the 28th, with as much as 17 inches of rain falling in some areas. The highest rain totals were reported over Bradenton, mainly on the 26th through early morning on the 27th, resulting in numerous st…
Three farm workers were struck by lightning while loading a truck. One was killed and the other two sustained injuries.
The NWS Storm Survey found a single-wide mobile home destroyed and rolled over. Seven people were inside the home, two adults were killed with four injured. The tornado also destroyed a 2000 square foot barn. The damage was in a very rural, isolated area and the Manatee County Sh…
A 14-year-old Polk County boy swimming with his younger brother off the beach at the northern tip of Anna Maria Island disappeared Saturday afternoon, swept away by a rip current.
A family was swimming and rafting on the north end of Anna Maria Island near Sycamore Avenue, just off of Gulf Drive. A 71-year-old woman and her brother, age unknown, were pulled well out to sea by a rip current and died trying to fight the current. The woman's 78-year-old husba…
A 42 year old male was struck and killed by lightning in the 6000 block of 13th Avenue East in Ellenton.
A small area of brief heavy rains of 4 to 6 inches in one hour caused a flash flood in Bradenton between 27th Street and 75th Street. An unidentified man, possibly homeless, misjudged the flooded 18th Avenue Drive West and rode his bicycle into the turbulent waters. He was swept …
A 60 year old male German tourist lost his life as a result of rip currents while swimming with his wife in the Gulf of Mexico. Relatively large waves of three to five feet were found at the Manatee County Public Beach as a result of Hurricane Isidore spinning over Mexico's Yucat…
A 21 year old male was struck and killed by lightning from an approaching thunderstorm while on a boat on the Braden River.
A man who lived on a houseboat drowned while apparently attempting to evacuate the boat in strong winds. (M43O)
Seven migrant farm workers were struck and injured by lightning while taking refuge under a steel flatbed fruit truck during a thunderstorm along Verna Bethany Road between State Roads 70 and 64, eleven miles northwest of Myakka City. The lightning victims suffered mainly minor l…
The tide gauge at Port Manatee measured a peak tide of 4.43 feet MLLW on the afternoon of the 24th. Subtracting the predicted astronomical tide, the highest storm surge was calculated as 3.26 feet late in the evening of the 25th. Storm Surge on Anna Maria Island flooded streets a…
A fire at the 1300 block of Commerce Blvd. at a tropical furniture factory was started by lightning. The 11,000-square-foot building valued at $1 million was a complete loss. Damage to the contents in the building was about $500,000. No injuries were reported.
Lightning sparked a fire that destroyed a 12 unit apartment complex on Manatee Avenue West.
Lightning ignited a fire that caused 3.5 million dollars worth of damage to the three story Playa Encantada Apartment building on the 6000 block of Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach.
Heavy rainfall of three to five inches in less than 24 hours caused flooding of up to 300 homes from Bradenton to Myakka Head in Manatee county. Several roads and bridges were damaged by the flooding across Manatee county.Five homes incurred major water damage and another 131 had…
Heavy rain caused localized flooding between two and three feet deep which damaged numerous automobiles at the De Soto Square Mall. A few homes in low-lying areas of Bradenton received rug damage from flooding rains. More than 300 people, with homes in low-lying areas of Bradento…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A tornado briefly touched down just west of U.S. Hwy 301, where the resident of a home along Loch Ness Gln witnessed damage to the backyard fence. The resident reported that the tornado lifted shortly thereafter, while another area resident witnessed debris being lofted in an ope…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
FDEM relayed report from Manatee County 911 dispatch of a carport blown off of one mobile home and onto another in the Shadow Brook mobile home community near Palmetto. No significant damage reported to the recipient home, nor injuries with either home.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Multiple reports received of street flooding near Bradenton as a result of heavy rainfall.
Lightning Lightning
Media reported building fire caused by a lighting strike to a shopping plaza on Holmes Beach. Time estimated from radar.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
County dispatch relayed report of a tree downed onto a home in Bradenton, displacing the inhabitants and causing damage, however, no injuries were reported.
Lightning Lightning
Broadcast media relayed report of a structure fire caused by lightning in Palmetto. Minor damage occured, however, there were no injuries reported.
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
A local resident submitted pictures and video taken of a funnel cloud near Parrish.
Hail Hail
Social media video of hail just W of I-75 and S of SR-70. Several other social media videos showing hail around this time in the same area. Time from video stamp.
Flood Flood
Public Works and EM official report flooded streets with a few stranded cars between University Pkwy and Palm Aire Dr.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
EM reports damage to 31 total mobile homes in the Swan Lake and Chateau Village Mobile Home Park communities between Bradenton and Bayshore Gardens, mainly consisting of metal peeled off of homes and carports.
Lightning Lightning
Broadcast media relayed report of house fire resulting from lightning strike in the Silverleaf neighborhood in Parish. No injuries reported.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
EM reports of damage to 12 manufactured homes in a community near Ellenton, mostly consisting of metal roofing and siding peeled off of homes.
Flood Flood
Utility company reported flooding near intersection of US Highway 41 and 14th Street West.
Flood Flood
Multiple social media videos showed street flooding across south Bradenton.
Hail Hail
Public reported quarter size hail along Fort Hamer Road and Fort Hamer Bridge near Manatee River.
Hail Hail
Public reported 1-inch hail near Sarasota.
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
Broadcast media relayed reports of a funnel cloud near Bradenton.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Broadcast media relayed reports of snapped utility poles and damaged roofs at Pictown Mobile Home Park near Samoset.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Broadcast media shared a picture of a tree that fell on a house.
Tornado EFU Tornado
Tornadic Debris Signature (TDS) observed via KTBW WSR 88D. No damage reports received.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
State Emergency Management reported roof blown off of a mobile home near Ellenton.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
State Emergency Management reported a tree downed onto a home in Ellenton.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Public report received of structure attached to a manufactured home blown over by straight-line winds.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 |
| 2020 | 10 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 |
| 2016 | 11 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 | 17 | 0 |
| 2008 | 14 | 0 |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1 |
| 2004 | 28 | 1 |
| 2003 | 15 | 1 |
| 2002 | 20 | 2 |
| 2001 | 31 | 2 |
| 2000 | 28 | 2 |
| 1999 | 47 | 4 |
| 1998 | 56 | 3 |
| 1997 | 42 | 7 |
| 1996 | 27 | 2 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 1 |
| 1993 | 11 | 1 |
| 1992 | 11 | 3 |
| 1991 | 14 | 2 |
| 1990 | 6 | 3 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | 7 | 4 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 2 |
| 1981 | 5 | 4 |
| 1980 | 2 | 2 |
| 1979 | 3 | 3 |
| 1978 | 6 | 4 |
| 1977 | 4 | 1 |
| 1975 | 3 | 1 |
| 1974 | 3 | 1 |
| 1973 | 5 | 2 |
| 1972 | 2 | 2 |
| 1971 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 4 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | 2 | 2 |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 |
| 1961 | 2 | 2 |
| 1958 | 3 | 2 |
| 1956 | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 | 1 |
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