96
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
47
Direct injuries
$14.8M
Property damage
Tornado in Pasco County, Florida: 96 recorded events between 1958 and 2024. The strongest on record measured F2. That places the county #60 nationally and #12 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Tornado in Pasco County, Florida: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for tornado in Pasco County is the 1970s, when 30 of the county's 96 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Pasco County archive, tornado makes up 16.9% of all recorded severe weather across 13 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #60 for this hazard and #12 within Florida, putting it in the 98.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for tornado in Pasco County with 16 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
| Date | Scale | Path length | Max width | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-12-25 | EF2 | 0.8 mi | 100 yd | Touched down here |
| 1978-12-01 | EF2 | 0.8 mi | 30 yd | Touched down here |
| 1973-03-17 | EF2 | 0.3 mi | 20 yd | Touched down here |
| 1968-11-09 | EF2 | 29.6 mi | 100 yd | Touched down here |
| 1959-04-02 | EF2 | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | Touched down here |
| 2022-12-15 | EF1 | 10.3 mi | 100 yd | Touched down here |
| 2018-11-02 | EF1 | 1.2 mi | 75 yd | Touched down here |
| 2018-12-09 | EF1 | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | Touched down here |
| 2018-11-02 | EF1 | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | Touched down here |
| 2018-11-02 | EF1 | 0.8 mi | 125 yd | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 1959 | F2 | 0 | 12 | $250K | |
| Mar 13, 1993 | New Port Richey | F0 | 0 | 11 | $0 |
| Mar 23, 1979 | F1 | 0 | 6 | $250K | |
| Jun 18, 1972 | F1 | 0 | 4 | $25K | |
| Nov 9, 1968 | F2 | 0 | 4 | $2.5M | |
| Dec 25, 2006 | PASCO | F2 | 0 | 2 | $3.5M |
| Jun 5, 1988 | F0 | 0 | 2 | $3K | |
| Dec 5, 1978 | F1 | 0 | 2 | $25K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2024 | NEW PORT RW PASCO AR | EFU | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | ARIPEKA | EF0 | $0 |
| Oct 12, 2023 | NEW PORT RW PASCO AR | EF0 | $2K |
| Dec 15, 2022 | LOYCE | EF1 | $50K |
| May 31, 2022 | ELFERS | EFU | $20K |
| Aug 10, 2021 | ODESSA | EF0 | $10K |
| Nov 30, 2020 | GULF PINE | EFU | $1K |
| Dec 9, 2018 | NEW PORT RICHEY | EF1 | $50K |
| Nov 2, 2018 | LAND O LAKES | EF1 | $100K |
| Nov 2, 2018 | GOWERS CORNER | EF1 | $27K |
Other hazards here
More from Pasco County
- Thunderstorm Wind 243
- Hail 104
- Flood 49
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The tornado hit the Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club which is located a few miles west of San Antonio or about 9.5 miles west southwest of Dade City. Radar showed the tornado occurred on the north side of a small bow echo that was moving to the northeast and caused additional damage north of State Road 52. The tornado caused $3.5 million in damage, two injuries, 101 damaged homes, 21 of which were considered heavily damaged, and 6 destroyed. Most of the damage was rated F0 or F1 on the Fuita tornado scale. However, damage rated as F2 occurred on the 2900 block of Caddyshack Lane. The damage looked like high end F1 damage, but the 1999 home had hurricane straps, a reinforced garage door, and other protective measures making it stronger than the average home.
A housing annex worth $750,000 at the county jail was destroyed. The 125 female inmates living in the annex were evacuated before it was destroyed, resulting in zero injuries. There was also roof damage to a fire station, four vehicles were flipped and there were numerous trees and power poles downed.
National Weather Service damage survey indicated that a high end F0 tornado, that averaged 35 yards in width, initially touched down and uprooted two large pine trees which damaged the roof of a home on Willow Brook Court in a residential community of Hudson. The tornado continued on a tree-top level northeast trajectory where it caused additional sporadic tree and pool enclosure damage on Ashbury Drive. The tornado then began a east-northeast trajectory and removed a poorly fastened aluminum roof from a mobile home on Bud Street. As the path direction became northeast, the next sporadic touchdown occurred at the Hudson High School where a portion of the gynasium roof was lifted, buckled and removed, while the nearby ballfield bleachers were flipped over by the tornado.The tornado continued over rural semi-wooded western Pasco county where it snapped two pine trees along Coyote Road before it lifted and dissipated.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many tornado events are on record in Pasco County, Florida?
96 tornado events are recorded in Pasco County between 1958 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest tornado recorded in Pasco County?
The strongest tornado on record in Pasco County measured F2.
Where does the tornado data for Pasco County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Tornado in Pasco County, Florida.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/florida/pasco-county/tornado/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.