Pinellas Park, FL Tornado History — 275 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Pinellas Park, FL had?
Pinellas Park has had 275 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 5 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Pinellas Park?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Pinellas Park was an EF0 on September 25, 2025.
When is tornado season in Pinellas Park?
July is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Pinellas Park, with 54 on record. Spring through early summer (April–June) generally sees the highest activity across most of the central and southern United States.
At a Glance
Recent Tornado Activity Near Pinellas Park
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 52 total, averaging 2.6 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near Pinellas Park since December 29, 2025
These are 2 preliminary reports, not confirmed tornadoes. They have not yet been through an NWS damage survey, and are not counted in the confirmed totals above.
Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete. Ratings are omitted until a survey assigns one.
Confirmed records above are complete through December 29, 2025. NOAA publishes the confirmed archive annually, so tornadoes after that date appear here first and move into the totals above once finalized.
Within 25 miles of Pinellas Park. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports, updated daily.
Tornadoes by Decade
Tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita Rating
F0–F5 ratings (pre-2007) are grouped with their EF equivalents. The Enhanced Fujita scale replaced the original Fujita scale in February 2007.
Tornadoes by Month
Casualties on Record Near Pinellas Park
20 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Pinellas Park since 1950, across 6 events. 870 injuries have been reported across all events. 1966 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F4 on April 4, 1966, which caused 11 fatalities along a 135.8-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Pinellas Park
About Tornadoes in Pinellas Park
This overview was written August 10, 2026. The tornado counts and notable-event figures elsewhere on this page reflect the latest data and may differ from this summary.
Pinellas Park occupies some of the flattest ground in Florida, set mid-peninsula between the open Gulf of Mexico and the sheltered waters of Tampa Bay. That position matters: sea breezes push inland from the Gulf and the bay on warm afternoons, and where they collide over the low terrain, air is forced upward into storms that can spin up brief but intense tornadoes.
The local record reaches back generations. An F4 tornado struck on April 15, 1958, injuring 7 people along a compact path. On April 4, 1966, another F4 raced across the Florida peninsula on a roughly 136-mile track, killing 11 people and injuring 530. A later generation faced the F3 of October 3, 1992, which killed 3 people and injured 75. More recently, an EF2 on December 16, 2020, carved a 13-mile path that caused about 16 million dollars in damage.
Seasonal patterns show up across those generations as well. Warm-season storms build on sea-breeze convergence and deep Gulf moisture, producing quick spin-ups like the F2 tornado of July 22, 1951. Cool-season events, including December tornadoes of the 1990s and 2020s, ride ahead of strong fronts when jet-stream energy dips far south into the state. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center maintains the database behind this page, and the live event list elsewhere on it carries each documented track, rating, and date for the area around Pinellas Park.