Sandalfoot Cove, FL Tornado History — 228 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Sandalfoot Cove, FL had?
Sandalfoot Cove has had 228 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 4 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Sandalfoot Cove?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Sandalfoot Cove was an Unrated on October 9, 2024.
When is tornado season in Sandalfoot Cove?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Sandalfoot Cove, with 30 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 Sandalfoot Cove
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 60 total, averaging 3.0 per year over this window.
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 Sandalfoot Cove
1 fatality has been recorded within 25 miles of Sandalfoot Cove since 1950, across 1 event. 137 injuries have been reported across all events. 1980 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F3 on March 1, 1980, which caused 1 fatality along a 7.8-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Sandalfoot Cove
About Tornadoes in Sandalfoot Cove
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.
Southern Palm Beach County, where Sandalfoot Cove sits among the canal-cut neighborhoods west of Boca Raton, holds a tornado history reaching back to the early 1950s, and its stronger entries stand out. An F3 carved a 7.8-mile path through the area on April 10, 1956, injuring 20 people, and a second F3 followed on February 23, 1965, leaving six people hurt. On March 2, 1980, a third F3, at times 500 yards wide, killed one person, injured 33, and left damage estimated near 27.5 million dollars. A long-track F2 crossed the region on March 17, 1983, staying on the ground for roughly 52.5 miles. Decades later, on October 9, 2024, an EF3 born in the rainbands of a landfalling hurricane tracked nearly 33 miles, injuring seven people.
That mix of cool-season and tropical-season twisters reflects the peninsula's setting. Wedged between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, southern Florida draws deep tropical moisture in all seasons. Rainbands of passing hurricanes and tropical storms can spin up tornadoes with little notice; an EF2 that injured two people in September 2022 arrived exactly that way. In winter and spring, a strengthened subtropical jet stream drives organized squall lines across the state — the pattern behind the F3s of 1956, 1965, and 1980. The tornado database maintained by the NOAA Storm Prediction Center underpins the event list shown elsewhere on this page, and it sketches a county where the threat arrives in two distinct seasons rather than one.