Wekiwa Springs, FL Tornado History — 152 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Wekiwa Springs, FL had?
Wekiwa Springs has had 152 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 4 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Wekiwa Springs?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Wekiwa Springs was an EF0 on May 26, 2025.
When is tornado season in Wekiwa Springs?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Wekiwa Springs, 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 Wekiwa Springs
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 31 total, averaging 1.6 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 Wekiwa Springs
32 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Wekiwa Springs since 1950, across 6 events. 338 injuries have been reported across all events. 1998 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was an EF3 on February 2, 2007, which caused 13 fatalities along a 26.0-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Wekiwa Springs
About Tornadoes in Wekiwa Springs
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.
Severe weather in Wekiwa Springs keeps a split calendar. Sea-breeze thunderstorms bubble up on humid afternoons from spring into early summer over this springs-and-sandhill corner of central Florida, while the cooler months carry a sharper threat: when a strong subtropical jet stream, often during El Niño winters, drives squall lines from the Gulf of Mexico across the Orlando area, tornadoes can arrive after dark, when warnings are easy to sleep through.
The cool season carries the weight of local tornado history. Before dawn on February 23, 1998, an F3 tornado tore a sixteen-mile track through the area, killing 13 people and injuring 36 during a wider central Florida outbreak. On February 2, 2007, another nighttime EF3 followed a path of roughly twenty-six miles, killing 13 and injuring 51. The warm season writes its own entries: an EF2 on August 18, 2020 cut nearly five miles through the area and injured one person, and an EF2 on March 10, 2025 showed how quickly a spring squall line can spin up.
That seasonal rhythm — sea-breeze storms and tropical spin-ups in the warm months, jet-driven outbreaks in the cool ones — runs through the local record kept by the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. The live tables elsewhere on this page draw on the same history, broken out by month, decade, and intensity.