Monroe County, Florida
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1953 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
78
Tornado reports
12
Hail reports
26
Floods since 1996
618
All events
1
Deaths
$55.2M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Monroe County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 75 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.
ASOS at Marathon Airport recorded 50 knots at 1620 EDT. The C-MAN at Sombrero Key recorded 59 knots. A storm spotter estimated wind gusts of 65 knots. Signs and trees were downed throughout the Marathon area. Several boats were swamped. Five people were knocked overboard from the…
A multivortex tornado touched down just west of U.S. 1 near mile marker 100. The tornado moved north northeast at 30 mph passing across ten housing subdivision, mostly mobile home parks. It damaged about 600 structures, tore down utility lines, damaged vessels and destroyed a gre…
Tornado damage path began oceanfront at 73rd Street Ocean (F1) in Marathon and moved northeast, crossing U.S. Highway 1 near 76th Street Ocean, passing through Marathon Airport before entering Florida Bay near the Sea Air Estates Subdivision. Most signficant damage (F2) included …
Tornado moved from south across Grassy Key near MM 56.5.
Flood Flood
NWS employees, members of the public, law enforcement and private industry streaming webcams verified extensive street flooding from heavy rainfall, with lowest streets with up to 2 to 3 feet of standing water. At least one street closure and a few stalled vehicles were reports. …
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
NWS photo survey via Monroe County Sheriffs Office and Monroe County Fire Department noted significant uplift of roof decking due to collapsed and lifted porch and patio elements on two manufactured homes in the Hammer Point Subdivision.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
NWS damage review courtesy of Monroe County officials from a detailed windshield survey reveals significant damage to large tree limbs at Harry Harris Park through the Ocean Park and Blue Waters neighborhoods. A few homes had limited fascia damage, one collapsed awning-type porch…
Hail Hail
Quarter-sized hail was observed at a residence on Coconut Drive about 3 miles southwest of Rock Harbor.
Hail Hail
Video relayed through social media estimated quarter-sized hail in the Blue Waters subdivision in Tavernier.
Flood Flood
Heavy rainfall of around 5 inches in less than 2 hours produced flooding of Morton Street on the bayside of Grassy Key. Water depths of 4 to 8 inches were observed inside two ground floor homes. An automated haptic rain gauge calculated a peak instantaneous rainfall rate of 5.34 …
Tornado EF1 Tornado
A waterspout with a concentrated single vortex was observed on the oceanside moving north shortly prior to landfall in the Truman Annex section of Key West. The subsequent tornado moved north through a small complex of residential apartmentments. Numerous large hardwood tree limb…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A remote NWS storm survey in consultation with the Village of Islamorada Emergency Manager and several residents, social media videos and photos, as well as in-situ review of realtime Florida Department of Transportation video revealed a wet microburst occurred in the upper Plant…
Flood Flood
Widespread street flooding with water 3 to 4 inches deep on several sections of northbound U.S. Highway 1 occurred due to heavy rainfall. The most significantly impacted locations included mile markers 97 to 100 and mile markers 103 to 105.
Flood Flood
Extensive street flooding with a few streets impassable to smaller vehicles was observed in Marathon due to several training thunderstorm cells passing over Vaca Key.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A brief tornado was determined to have passed from State Road 4A through Diane Avenue and Linda Street on the northern portion of Little Torch Key. The narrow path was marked by two downed buttonwood trees, broken small and medium-sized tree branches, a destroyed plastic storage …
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A waterspout was observed by resident video of a mature waterspout passing just to the north of the southern end of Cudjoe Key, entering Cudjoe Bay on a northeast path. The waterspout made landfall in a residential section along Cudjoe Bay near Spanish Main Drive and moved throug…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A northeast wind gust of 57 knots was measured at the Ocean Reef Club Airport.
Flood Flood
Heavy rainfall estimated by radar of 5 to 8 inches produced extensive poor drainage area flooding across Marathon and Key Colony Beach, with some streets with one to two feet depth of water. Several motor vehicles stalled due to flooding.
Flood Flood
Florida DOT and Monroe County Law Enforcement reported flooding of US-1 near Mile Marker 91 in Tavernier. Northbound lanes were nearly impassible for about one hour. Later rainfall estimates from CoCoRAHS observers reported approximately 7 to 10 inches of rainfall by the followin…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A brief tornado initially developed over the southeast edge of the Eden Pines subdivision, located over the central portion of (the island of) Big Pine Key around 6:27 AM EST. The relatively narrow tornado moved quickly north-northwest in the general area framed by Lantana Lane, …
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A southwest wind gust of 59 mph was measured at Key West International Airport. Power outages affecting just over 1,500 customers were reported, mostly in the Marathon, FL vicinity.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A narrow waterspout with a spray ring extending one-quarter the way up from the water surface to cloud base moved north onshore Higgs Beach as a tornado. The tornado dissipated on the beach without any discernable damage noted. Maximum wind speeds of 50 to 60 mph were estimated a…
Lightning Lightning
A lightning strike to a dock damaged a concrete piling. Photos relayed through social media showed cracks and missing pieces of the plastic casing, as well as to an interior concrete post in two separate areas above and below the wooden dock level.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A few trees and utility lines were downed on the oceanside of the Overseas Highway near Mile Marker 96.3.
Tornado EFU Tornado
Tornado over the Everglades of Mainland Monroe County near Loop Road was confirmed by doppler radar tornado debris signature.
Flood Flood
Localized street flooding was observed in several neighborhoods in the Key Largo through Tavernier areas of the upper Florida Keys. In addition, a few boats on lifts with drain plugs left in were damaged or dropped into local canals due to the weight of accumulated rainfall onboa…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A non-supercell-spawned waterspout was observed to have made landfall on the Atlantic side of Key Largo in the Silver Shores Community. A spray ring was visible with the waterspout prior to landfall. Photos revealed damage to a dock railing and a snapped mature coconut palm tree,…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A southeast wind gust of 56 knots and sustained wind of 37 knots was measured at Key West International Airport. A few small tree limbs were downed, however no significant power outages resulted.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
An aluminum awning with full wind exposure above a screened porch was torn off, striking a vehicle and utility pole, adjacent to a large campground in Key Largo.
Flood Flood
Spotters, automated Citizen Weather Observing Program gauges and law enforcement reported heavy rain and flooding of the bayside of the Overseas Highway on Lower Matecumbe and the Old Highway on Upper Matecumbe, including stalled vehicles. Rainfall measurements included through 1…
Flood Flood
Key West Police Department reported numerous streets impassable due to flooding with stalled vehicles, including the Triangle (U.S. 1 and Roosevelt Boulevards), South Roosevelt and New Town neighborhoods along Northside Drive through Flagler Boulevard, and near Flagler and 5th St…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A wind gust of 60 mph was measured at the rooftop of the National Weather Service Florida Keys in Key West.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A wind gust of 60 mph was measured at an automated WeatherFlow station near Crawl Key.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A wind gust of 50 knots, or 58 mph, was measured on Cudjoe Key near the southern end of Sawyer Drive.
Flood Flood
Secondary roads and parking lots were flooded through most portions of the City of Layton. Rainfall in excess of 4 inches was estimated by radar.
Tornado EFU Tornado
The forward-propagating component of a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) advanced onshore along the Southwest Florida coast during the late-evening hours of Friday, January 31. Embedded mesovortices intermittently strengthened while this activity moved onshore from the Gulf w…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A waterspout over Cudjoe Bay moved east-southeast and onshore as a tornado over the south end of Cudjoe Key. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 50 to 60 mph with only a few palm fronds downed and a small piece of vinyl siding from one waterfront home. The tornado dissipated im…
Lightning Lightning
Lightning struck a residence along Barbados Lane on Ramrod Key, resulting in roof and electrical system damage. A neighboring residence also experienced electrical system damage. Report relayed by social media.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
Summary: A waterspout or funnel cloud was observed backlit by lightning over Florida Bay shortly before making landfall as a tornado at Indian Mound Trail of the Indian Waterways subdivision of Plantation Key, Islamorada. Large gumbo limbo tree limbs were downed as well as the to…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A second path, likely a continuation as the waterspout made landfall near Lincoln Avenue on the far southwest portion of Tavernier's oceanside. Progressive narrowing of the damage path down to nearly 30 yards as well as a turn toward the northwest or north-northwest was observed.…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
The examination of a video of the event and survey results revealed the first instance of damage to a hollow metal tube roof structure topped with plastic or hard vinyl covering, affixed to wood two-by-four supports of a fishing house shed just northwest of Safe Harbor on Stock I…
Flood Flood
The Monroe County Sheriffs Office reported U.S. Highway One northbound lanes flooded due to heavy rain. A nearby Weather Underground mesonet station reported 2.74 inches of rainfall.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A waterspout was observed as a condensation funnel cloud over a marine basin approximately 630 am EST north of Key Colony Beach and just west of the Coco Plum Drive causeway. The waterspout was observed crossing the causeway as a tornado at a seafood distribution business damagin…
Flood Flood
Several reports were received of widespread street flooding in the New Town section of northeast Key West. Rainfall of 4.73 inches in 90 minutes was measured by a NWS employee at a residence, with a daily rainfall record of 3.14 inches measured at the Key West International Airpo…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A wind gust of 51 knots was measured at the Key West International Airport ASOS. No damage was observed throughout the airport property.
Flood Flood
Initial reports of widespread minor street flooding came in to the NWS, Key West office via Facebook around 345 pm. Later reports were verified via phone calls to local businesses, including the Winn-Dixie on Big Pine Key. The Deepest reports of flood waters came from Key Deer Bl…
Flood Flood
Heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches resulted in street flooding, with Greene and Front Streets closed in Old Town Key West. Lower Duval Street and Caroline Street were also flooding.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2 |
| 2009 | 10 | 2 |
| 2008 | 12 | 7 |
| 2007 | 14 | 2 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 46 | 0 |
| 2000 | 100 | 2 |
| 1999 | 115 | 5 |
| 1998 | 77 | 6 |
| 1997 | 64 | 3 |
| 1996 | 17 | 1 |
| 1995 | 3 | 2 |
| 1994 | 2 | 1 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 |
| 1988 | 6 | 2 |
| 1987 | 5 | 1 |
| 1986 | 10 | 1 |
| 1984 | 3 | 1 |
| 1983 | 4 | 1 |
| 1982 | 4 | 4 |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 |
| 1980 | 6 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 | 4 | 1 |
| 1972 | 4 | 4 |
| 1970 | 3 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1 | 1 |
| 1965 | 2 | 2 |
| 1964 | 2 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1957 | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |
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