Riverview, FL Tornado History — 253 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Riverview, FL had?
Riverview has had 253 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 4 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Riverview?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Riverview was an EF0 on September 25, 2025.
When is tornado season in Riverview?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Riverview, with 44 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 Riverview
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 41 total, averaging 2.0 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near Riverview 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Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete.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 Riverview. 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 Riverview
20 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Riverview since 1950, across 5 events. 807 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 Riverview
About Tornadoes in Riverview
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.
Quiet years are the norm in Riverview, where summer thunderstorms drift off Tampa Bay and fade far more often than they rotate — yet the community's tornado history pivots on scattered, violently active days. Florida's setup explains the contrast: deep Gulf moisture fuels storms nearly year-round, but the ingredients usually align only when a vigorous jet stream, a passing cold front, or a landfalling tropical system supplies the wind shear that turns ordinary convection into rotating storms.
The record kept by the NOAA Storm Prediction Center stretches across generations here, opening with a brief F2 in July 1951. An F4 on April 15, 1958 injured 7 people along a compact path. The defining disaster came on April 4, 1966, when a long-track F4 tornado crossed the peninsula, killing 11 people and injuring 530. A later generation faced an F3 on October 3, 1992 that killed 3 and injured 75.
Recent decades read differently: strong but narrower events, often tied to El Niño winters or autumn rainbands. An EF2 on January 17, 2016 killed 2 people, and another EF2 on December 16, 2020 damaged homes along a lengthy track. The event list elsewhere on this page carries the fuller chronology, from the postwar 1950s through the 2020s — a reminder that Riverview's calm stretches tend to end abruptly.