Three Lakes, FL Tornado History — 146 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Three Lakes, FL had?
Three Lakes has had 146 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 1 violent (EF3+) tornado.
When was the most recent tornado near Three Lakes?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Three Lakes was an EF1 on October 9, 2024.
When is tornado season in Three Lakes?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Three Lakes, with 28 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 Three Lakes
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 26 total, averaging 1.3 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near Three Lakes since December 29, 2025
These is a preliminary report, not confirmed tornadoes. It has not yet been through an NWS damage survey, and is 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Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete.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 Three Lakes. 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 Three Lakes
1 fatality has been recorded within 25 miles of Three Lakes since 1950, across 1 event. 154 injuries have been reported across all events. 2003 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F2 on March 27, 2003, which caused 1 fatality along a 6.0-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Three Lakes
About Tornadoes in Three Lakes
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.
Saturated tropical air is the starting point for tornadoes near Three Lakes: the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico feed low-level moisture across South Florida for much of the year, and colliding sea breezes force that moisture upward into rotating thunderstorms. In the cooler months the pattern shifts, as trailing cold fronts and jet-stream winds supply the shear that summer usually lacks, while passing tropical systems add another spin-up mechanism in late summer and fall.
The NOAA Storm Prediction Center's archive for this corner of Miami-Dade County reaches back generations. On June 18, 1959, an F3 tornado tore a 12.7-mile path across the area, injuring 77 people and doing about $2.75 million in damage. A February 19, 1968 F2 injured 21 people, and an F2 on December 20, 1973 left 9 hurt just before the holidays. On March 27, 2003, an F2 roughly 600 yards wide killed one person and injured 14.
That record spans generations. Its early entries include a brief F0 that touched down in September 1953. Its latest chapter arrived on October 9, 2024, when an EF1 tornado tracked 2.93 miles through the area. Residents from the 1950s through the 2020s have watched the same ingredients, deep moisture and episodic shear along colliding boundaries, do the same work, and the event listings elsewhere on this page trace that continuity.