351
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
$1.2M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Wakulla County, Florida: 351 recorded events between 1962 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #301 nationally and #11 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Wakulla County, Florida: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Wakulla County is the 2010s, when 174 of the county's 351 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 Wakulla County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 76.1% of all recorded severe weather across 10 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #301 for this hazard and #11 within Florida, putting it in the 90.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Wakulla County with 62 recorded events, while Nov 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2015 | WAKULLA | 50 | 1 | 0 | $75K |
| Jan 11, 2014 | SHADEVILLE | 55 | 0 | 1 | $50K |
| Apr 11, 1995 | Medart | 0 | 0 | 1 | $3K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2026 | CRAWFORDVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | IVAN | 50 | $10K |
| Mar 16, 2026 | SHADEVILLE | 50 | $2K |
| Feb 15, 2026 | WAKULLA SPRINGS | 50 | $2K |
| Jun 25, 2025 | CRAWFORDVILLE | 55 | $4K |
| Jun 25, 2025 | ARRAN | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 10, 2025 | SOPCHOPPY | 50 | $2K |
| Jun 10, 2025 | CRAWFORDVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | CRAWFORDVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | TULLY | 50 | $2K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A roof was blown off a two-story house on Mashes Sands Road along Ocklockonee Bay. A half mile south of the house, a portion of a overhang to a gas station at the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and the Ocklockonee Bay Bridge was torn off. Twenty homes were without electricity after pine and cedar trees fell onto power lines on Curtis Mill Road near Sopchoppy. A few large pine trees were uprooted in a yard on Highway 365 north of Sopchoppy. Debris littered much of U.S. Highway 98 from the Ocklockonee Bay Bridge to Panacea. Reported by the Wakulla County EMA.
Portions of Sopchoppy and St. Marks reported scattered trees and limbs down. Other downed trees and limbs closed State Roads 363, 267, 61 and Wakulla Arran Road. Some power lines were knocked down with scattered power outages countywide. The most extensive outages occurred in northeast Wakulla County where power was out for nine hours. Just north of Crawfordville, a few large pines were down blocking traffic on U.S. Highway 319. Reported by the Wakulla County EMA and an off-duty NWS employee.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Wakulla County, Florida?
351 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Wakulla County between 1962 and 2026, causing 1 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Wakulla County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Wakulla County measured 75.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Wakulla 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
“Thunderstorm Wind in Wakulla County, Florida.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/florida/wakulla-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.