West Park, FL Tornado History — 240 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has West Park, FL had?
West Park has had 240 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 4 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near West Park?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of West Park was an Unrated on October 9, 2024.
When is tornado season in West Park?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near West Park, with 40 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 West Park
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 56 total, averaging 2.8 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near West Park 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Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete.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 West 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 West Park
2 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of West Park since 1950, across 2 events. 228 injuries have been reported across all events. 2003 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 West Park
About Tornadoes in West 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.
Wedged between the Atlantic shoreline and the sawgrass flats edging the Everglades, West Park occupies low, table-flat ground in southeastern Florida that gives a passing storm nothing to work around. The tornado history here spans generations. An F3 tore a 7.8-mile path on April 10, 1956, injuring 20 people, and another F3 hurt 77 along a 12.7-mile track on June 18, 1959. A generation later, an F3 on March 2, 1980, killed one person and injured 33, while an F2 traveled 52.5 miles across the region on March 17, 1983. Another F2 claimed a life and injured 14 on March 27, 2003. Within living memory, an EF2 struck on October 19, 2011, and a tornado passed near the city on October 9, 2024.
The forces behind that long record renew themselves with each generation. Sea breezes off the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico collide over the peninsula on warm afternoons and can spin up brief tornadoes, while autumn tropical systems sweep rotating rainbands across Broward County — the October strikes fit that pattern. Winter and early-spring jet-stream disturbances drive squall lines ahead of cold fronts, the setup behind the February and March events of earlier decades. The event list elsewhere on this page draws on the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, tracing the same hazard from the 1950s through the 2020s, touching grandparents and grandchildren alike.