Martin County, Florida
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1956 and 2025, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
42
Tornado reports
64
Hail reports
19
Floods since 1996
257
All events
9
Deaths
$1.0B
Property damage
Tornado paths in Martin County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 42 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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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.
Tornado F3 Tornado
Heavy rain embedded within the outer bands ahead of Hurricane Ian produced widespread rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches across Martin County, resulting in sporadic reports of street, urban, and poor drainage flooding. Several roadways were impacted by significant levels of standin…
A man in his mid 50s was pulled from the surf near Stuart Beach and was not able to be revived. The drowning was attributed to a rip current, however there was also rough surf conditions occurring.
At 1815 LST, a 14-year-old male was unresponsive when he was pulled from the surf, along with two other teenagers, by Martin County Sheriff Deputies at Bathtub Beach. The unresponsive teen was administered CPR and taken to a local hospital in critical conditions, where he later d…
A weak developing thunderstorm over the nearshore waters off Martin County moved westward over Jensen Beach during the late afternoon. A 47-year-old construction worker was seriously injured when he was struck by lightning while working on a pool and club house at Ocean Breeze Pa…
A 16-year-old boy from Port St. Lucie drowned after being pulled seaward by a strong rip current and disappeared from view. A sheriffs office helicopter and water and boat patrol crews found the boy and returned him to shore. Rescuers performed CPR and then transported him to a l…
A 41-year old man was struck by lightning in Jonathan Dickinson State Park, south of Hobe Sound. The man was playing catch with his son in a grassy field when he was struck by lightning on the top of his head. He was transported to a hospital in critical condition and died on Apr…
A 34 year old female tourist was caught in a rip current and pulled underneath the water during rough surf, causing her to drown. One other woman was also caught in a rip current while swimming, but she was pulled from the water and survived.
A 49 year old man drowned in a rip current at Hutchinson Island while rescuing his son from the rip current.
A man drowned after being washed overboard by a large wave generated by thunderstorm winds. GEORGIA
A tornado touched down in a wooded rural area in between I-95 and US-1 in eastern Martin County. Damage began in the Lost Lake subdivision before the tornado moved north into The Preserve, where vegetative damage was extensive and numerous concrete block homes experienced signifi…
The tornado, which produced a large swath of EF-0 and EF-1 damage, and a small section of EF-2 damage, was one of several tornadoes to impact the area as Hurricane Milton's outer rainbands swept across the Treasure Coast. Based on radar dual polarimetric data, this tornado initia…
A tornado, embedded within one of Hurricane Milton's outer rainbands, touched down just south of US-1 where a camper home was tossed and its occupant was injured. The circulation moved across SE Federal Highway where it impacted portions of the Colonial Heights subdivision. Here,…
Category 3 Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples during the late afternoon of September 10. Irma then moved northward across west-central Florida during the evening while weakening to a Category 2 hurricane approximately 100 miles west of Stuart. A long duration of damaging wi…
Moderate to major beach erosion. Erosion caused damage to two homes and washed sand and debris across a coastal roadway, temporarily isolating residents. Several piers, boardwalks and retaining walls were also damaged.
Rains associated with distant Tropical Storm Barry in the Gulf of Mexico produced flooding across much of Martin County. About 13 inches of rain fell in the area between midnight and late morning on August 2nd. The most serious flooding occurred in Stuart, Port Salerno and Palm C…
Hail Hail
Trained spotter in Indiantown reports hail up to 2 inches in diameter.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
The tornado initially touched down in a wooded area in Martin County, to the south of the SW Martin Hwy and I-95 Interchange. Martin County Fire Rescue reported a tractor trailer was flipped by the tornado near mile marker 109. The circulation continued north along the interstate…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
Using a combination of reports from Martin County Emergency Management and radar dual polarimetric data, the National Weather Service in Melbourne can confirm that a tornado moved northward out of Jupiter (Palm Beach County) and into far southern Martin County. This is associated…
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
Public report via social media with pictures of a funnel cloud north of A1A and NE Causeway Blvd in Jensen Beach. The funnel did not touch the ground and dissipated shortly after.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
The tornado touched down in a wooded area to the west of US-1 around 10:37 AM, very near the Island Mall shopping plaza. The system crossed US-1 where it continued to produced a swath of mainly vegetative damage, with numerous trees felled within the parking lot of a second shopp…
Hail Hail
Public report via social media with picture of golf ball size hail near Edgewood Dr. Hail lasted around 6 minutes.
Hail Hail
Trained spotter reports 1.5 inch hail near SE Ocean Blvd and SE Monterey Rd in Stuart.
Hail Hail
Public report of quarter size hail near Palm City.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
The tornado touched down to the south and west of I-95 before crossing the interstate around 4:43 PM EST. The system moved to the north-northeast into Palm City, where numerous trees were felled on properties between I-95 and SW Martin Hwy. The circulation continued to the northe…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Weatherflow site XJEN measured a 74 knot wind gust from the north.
Hail Hail
Delayed public report of nickel to quarter sized hail at 5185 SW Bimini Circle in Palm City.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A Weatherflow Tempest station in Stuart on E 7th Street measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Weatherflow station XJEN at Jensen Beach measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph from the south.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
WeatherSTEM station at the House of Refuge measured a peak wind gust of 69 mph.
Hail Hail
The public reported hail up to half dollar sized near J & S Fish Camp.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A brief, short-lived EF-0 tornado, with peak winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph, touched down in the Rio neighborhood at approximately 1624LST. Based on numerous video and eyewitness reports from trained spotters, the public, and local broadcast media, the tornado was nearly station…
Coastal Flood Coastal Flood
Coastal flooding occurred along the Martin County coast after strong northeast winds and large breaking surf persisted for seven consecutive high tide cycles from November 6-9. The strong winds occurred in conjunction with the highest astronomical tides of the year, with the grea…
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
CoCoRaHS and mesonet reports indicated that between 4 and 6 inches of rain fell in just two to three hours during the late afternoon of September 19. Several observations over five inches were received from Sanford and Lake Mary (the highest value was from a Weather Underground m…
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Observations received from CoCoRaHS, mesonet, and Cooperative Observer showed that between 5 to 8 inches of rain fell in the Stuart area from the evening of August 13 into the early morning of August 14. This heavy rain occurred across Stuart, Port Salerno, eastern Palm City, Nor…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A Weatherflow site at Jensen Beach (XJEN) measured a peak wind gust of 73 mph from the northwest.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A Weatherflow site at Jensen Beach (XJEN) measured a peak wind gust of 77 mph from the northwest.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The AWOS at Stuart Witham Field Airport (KSUA) measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph from the northwest.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A Weatherflow site at Hobe Sound (XHOB) measured a peak wind gust of 71 mph. A second peak gust of 64 mph was measured at 1356LST.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A trained spotter reported a measured wind gust of 68 mph at Rocky Point near Stuart. The peak sustained wind was 38 mph.
Hail Hail
Local broadcast media reported golf ball sized hail in Hobe Sound.
Hail Hail
A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Hobe Sound.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Local broadcast media reported a large tree was downed across Southeast Duncan Street and Southeast Flamingo Street in Hobe Sound, blocking the road. Numerous other trees sustained minor to moderate damage in the area.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The public reported damage in South Jensen Beach, which consisted of downed tree limbs, backyard items thrown around, and a covered porch that was lifted and dropped a few feet away.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A trained spotter reported numerous downed branches that were 4 to 5 inches in diameter near Sewall's Point. Local broadcast media also reported a very large tree was knocked over on a property near Southeast Saint Lucie Boulevard in Stuart.
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
In Martin County, sustained tropical storm force winds affected the barrier islands, with gusts to tropical storm force in squalls through much of the remainder of the county from early evening on November 8 through mid morning on November 9. The highest sustained wind was measur…
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Training bands of heavy showers redeveloped across coastal areas of Martin County during the morning of October 2 and persisted into the early afternoon. Rain totals of 5 to 8 inches fell across the same area impacted by 6 to 10 inches only a day earlier. Many of the same areas w…
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 1 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 10 | 0 |
| 2011 | 12 | 3 |
| 2010 | 13 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 |
| 2008 | 11 | 1 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 |
| 2004 | 9 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 1 |
| 1991 | 2 | 1 |
| 1989 | 2 | 1 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | 2 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 |
| 1979 | 4 | 3 |
| 1978 | 3 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 | 1 |
| 1974 | 3 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 | 1 |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 1 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 1 |
| 1958 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 | 1 | 1 |
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