Volusia storm history
Storm events recorded in Volusia, Florida between 1950 and 2025.
723
Total events
102
Tornadoes
183
Hail
29
Floods
73
Deaths
$2.2B
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
The tornado that killed 13 people in the Lake Mack area of Lake County moved east across the St. Johns River, crossed into Volusia county at Lake Beresford and moved across Deland as an F3 tornado. It was still moving east northeast at 50 MPH as it damaged 277 and destroyed 106 r…
The Sanford tornado crossed into Volusia County near Highway 46 and the St. Johns River where it killed a 53 year old man in a recreational vehicle at a fish camp. The tornado continued northeast for 2 miles and dissipated in a rural part of south Volusia County.
Multiple news outlets report that a 29 year old man from Colorado was struck by lightning while standing in ankle deep water on the beach near South Atlantic Ave and 27th Ave in New Smyrna Beach. The man was transported to the hospital in critical condition, but later died.
A 24 year-old man was working on the roof of a home on Sterling Pointe Drive in Deltona when coworkers reported he was struck by lightning, causing him to fall off of the roof. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Time estimated via lightning data.
Rainfall totals averaging between 10 to 16 inches, with locally higher amounts of up to 20 inches were reported particularly in the coastal part of the county, resulting in widespread residential, street, urban, and poor drainage flooding. County drone and helicopter footage comb…
Local broadcast media relayed reports that a 27-year-old man was seriously injured after being struck by lightning on Middlebury Loop in New Smyrna Beach. The victim was doing lawn maintenance when lightning struck a nearby tree, and the lightning jumped to the victim. First resp…
Local broadcast media and Volusia County Beach Safety officials reported that a 53-year-old woman from Pennsylvania drowned after being caught in a rip current near the 180th block of South Atlantic Avenue in Ormond Beach. Several bystanders noticed the woman unresponsive in the …
Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reported five (5) separate accidents involving 17 vehicles on Interstate 95 at or just south of mile marker 244 (near State Road 442) at approximately 0130LST. In total there were three fatalities and 10 injuries as a result of these crashes. In the n…
Daytona Beach Ocean Rescue and local media reported that three children (all siblings) from Keystone Heights, Florida were caught in a rip current in Daytona Beach, near the intersection of Glenview Blvd. and Highway A1A. Lifeguards pulled a 10-year-old boy from the surf unrespon…
A 58 year old male local resident was pulled from the surf unresponsive near the Daytona Beach Bandshell, which is located in the 400 Block of North Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach. With few witnesses around, it is unclear if the man was struggling in the water before he was spo…
A 67-year-old man, on vacation from Missouri, was caught in a rip current at an unguarded beach near the 2200 block of South Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach Shores. Bystanders pulled the unconscious man from the water and administered CPR as Volusia County Ocean Rescue responded…
According to Volusia County Beach Safety, someone called 911 after witnessing a grandmother screaming for help from an unguarded portion of the shoreline. Her husband and grandchildren were struggling in the water. Lifeguards pulled a 7-year-old boy from Ocala, Florida out of the…
A 47-year-old Ormond Beach man was pulled out of the surf after struggling in a rip current. The man entered the water with a female companion in an unguarded area near the 1200 block of north Ormond Beach around 1500LST. Another person that came to the beach with the victim saw …
A 27-year old man from Ocala, Florida was swimming in rough surf with other family members at an unguarded portion of Daytona Beach during the early afternoon, when they got caught in a rip current. All family members except the 27-year old man returned safety to shore. The man d…
A 17-year old boy visiting from Kentucky was swimming at an unguarded part of Daytona Beach Shores when he started to struggle after being caught in a rip current. He was rescued from the water, but was unresponsive. He was transported to a hospital, but later died on October 9, …
A 43-year-old Tennessee man swimming in the ocean was caught in a rip current and drowned. The incident occurred near the intersection of State Road A1A and Rockefeller Drive in Ormond Beach, in an area of the beach where lifeguards were not staffed. A bystander alerted Volusia C…
Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue reported that a 60-year-old man from Sanford, Florida drowned at Daytona Beach near the boardwalk due to high surf after he waded into the water at an unguarded beach. Rip currents were also present at the beach when the incident occurred,…
A 19-year-old female from Saint John Parish in Louisiana was killed by a rip current while vacationing with her family in Daytona Beach. The incident occurred on Wednesday July 17, 2019. Local news media from the New Orleans market reported that the family was traveling in Orland…
Volusia County Emergency Management and many local broadcast and newspaper media reported that a 45-year-old man from North Carolina was killed after being struck by lightning while riding his motorcycle on Interstate 95. The man was struck near mile marker 271 between State Road…
At approximately 0930 LST, a good Samaritan and life guard pulled an unconscious 69-year-old man from the water after he was pulled seaward by a rip current. The life guard administered CPR on the man in order to revive him, but attempts were unsuccessful. The man died due to dro…
Persistent swells of 3 to 4 feet produced rough, breaking surf at New Smyrna Beach, together with enhanced rip currents. A 43 year old man from Orlando was rescued from the surf and transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition where he later died. The man was surfing pr…
Four people were pulled seaward within a strong rip current at New Smyrna Beach. Life Guards rescued them, but one person was floating unconscious and unresponsive when contact was made. Fire Rescue personnel performed life-saving efforts on the 64-year old man from the nearby to…
Reports from Ormond Beach police and multiple local broadcast media indicated two people were injured when a large tree fell onto them in Ormond Beach. Both men were unloading furniture from a truck in the driveway of a home near Arroyo Parkway when the tree fell, and were transp…
Two foreign tourists were caught in a rip current near the Daytona Beach Pier around 4:30 pm local time. Life guards were able to rescue both swimmers, a 32-year-old male and a 26-year-old female. The male swimmer was unconscious, while the female swimmer was conscious after bein…
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 overnight period while weakening to a Category 1 hurricane approximately 100 miles west of Daytona Beach. A long duratio…
An 8-year-old boy was caught in a strong rip current and pulled seaward at New Smyrna Beach. His 11-year-old sister attempted to rescue him and was also caught in the rip current. A bystander rescue the girl and returned her to shore, where she was transported to a hospital to tr…
A man from Winter Park was found face down in the water at New Smyrna Beach by first responders. CPR was performed and he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead from an apparent drowning.
Six people visiting from Tennessee were swimming about 1500LST and got caught in a rip current at New Smyrna Beach. Two were rescued by lifeguards and a few others made it back to shore on their own. An 18-year old male was pulled from the water by a beachgoer and lifeguards, but…
The center of major Hurricane Matthew passed only 30 miles offshore Volusia County during the morning hours of October 7, producing a 12-hour period of sustained tropical storm force winds through much of the county and a shorter period of frequent gusts to hurricane force closer…
A woman and man from Georgia were near the waters edge at the 3100 block of South Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach Shores when they were struck by lightning from a thunderstorm located about 4 miles to the north. The woman was unconscious when she was transported to the hospital …
A 58 year old man from Indiana downed after he and his son were pulled offshore within a rip current. Life guards rescued the son, but were unable to save the father, who was found face down in the water about 300 yards from shore. The man was unresponsive when transported to a h…
A 25-year-old male was struck and killed by lightning while working on the roof of a home in the Water's Edge subdivision of Port Orange.
A 17 year old boy from Avon Park, Florida was swimming in the ocean with three others at an unguarded beach off Bethune Beach Park in New Smyrna Beach during a period of enhanced rip currents. Three of the swimmers were rescued, but the body of the fourth swimmer was recovered fr…
A 66 year old man became unconscious and subsequently died of a heart attack while being rescued from rough surf and strong rip currents at Ormond Beach.
A 14 year old male was pulled out to sea by a rip current at New Smyrna Beach. He suffered an asthma attack and died while in the water. The rough surf and rip currents pulled him under water. His body was not recovered until the following morning.
A nineteen-year-old male ventured onto a submerged sandbar and was carried into deeper water by wave action and currents. The event was witnessed by an additional swimmer and the victim's body was found the next day.
A 40 year old male drown while attempting to rescue his children who were being pulled seaward by a strong rip current. The man was found floating in the water unconscious about a quarter mile away. Witnesses tried to perform CPR, and the man was taken to a local hospital, but di…
A 55 year male surfer was knocked over by rough surf and hit his head on his surf board. He became unconscious, and drowned.
Over two hundred swimmers were rescued by Volusia County Beach Patrol on September 4 alone. Around 1000 LST, two teenagers were caught in a rip current and rescued by bystanders. One of the teenagers was transported to a local hospital were she later died. Around 2000 LST, a 19 y…
Weather likely played an indirect role in a vehicle-related fatality in DeLand. Saturated ground existed across the area due to several previous days of localized heavy rainfall. Between 1400 and 1500 LST, a thunderstorm moved southwest across DeLand, resulting in a quick two inc…
A 55 year old man from Indiana and his brother waded into waist deep water on Ormond Beach at the Granada Boulevard Approach. Both men were overcome by a rip current. The man was rescued by a life guard and left in the care of bystanders while the life guard re-entered the surf a…
Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall over five days lead to several feet of standing water in many areas of eastern Volusia County. Rainfall totals reached 18 to 28 inches in several coastal areas. In addition to the accumulation of rain water, onshore flow and high tides over north…
At approximately 1300 EST, a 35 year old woman was walking with her husband in waist-deep water at Daytona Beach during Tropical Storm Fay. They were hit by a huge wave and swept off their feet. The husband made it back to shore, but the wife was swept away and drowned. Ten minut…
A 19 year old Florida man drowned in a rip current at Daytona Beach. Two men were caught in a rip current, but one man slipped beneath the water before life guards could reach him.
A 19 year old male was knocked down by high surf then likely pulled seaward by a rip current at Daytona Beach. He was last seen struggling to stay afloat. His body was recovered the following day and autopsy results confirmed he died of drowning.
A 32 year old male surfer from Holly Hill, Florida drowned offshore of the Sapphire Road dune walk-over in New Smyrna Beach around after possibly being struck in the head by his surfboard.
A 47 year old man drowned in a rip current at Daytona Beach.
A 64 year old man drowned in a rip current in Daytona Beach Shores.
A 57 year old woman drowned in a rip current at Daytona Beach Shores.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 |
| 2022 | 22 | 0 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4 |
| 2019 | 16 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1 |
| 2016 | 15 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1 |
| 2013 | 12 | 0 |
| 2012 | 16 | 2 |
| 2011 | 21 | 0 |
| 2010 | 17 | 3 |
| 2009 | 20 | 2 |
| 2008 | 24 | 0 |
| 2007 | 23 | 3 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1 |
| 2005 | 19 | 0 |
| 2004 | 27 | 3 |
| 2003 | 25 | 0 |
| 2002 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 2 |
| 2000 | 17 | 1 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 5 |
| 1997 | 34 | 6 |
| 1996 | 21 | 4 |
| 1995 | 5 | 1 |
| 1994 | 7 | 1 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 2 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 2 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 3 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 2 |
| 1983 | 10 | 5 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 7 |
| 1978 | 13 | 7 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 5 | 3 |
| 1975 | 12 | 4 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 3 | 3 |
| 1971 | 6 | 1 |
| 1970 | 2 | 2 |
| 1969 | 3 | 2 |
| 1968 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | 2 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 |
| 1964 | 4 | 2 |
| 1963 | 3 | 2 |
| 1962 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1 | 1 |
| 1960 | 2 | 2 |
| 1959 | 2 | 2 |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 |