Westchester, FL Tornado History — 202 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Westchester, FL had?
Westchester has had 202 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 2 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Westchester?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Westchester was an EF1 on October 9, 2024.
When is tornado season in Westchester?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Westchester, with 38 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 Westchester
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 43 total, averaging 2.1 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near Westchester 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Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete.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 Westchester. 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 Westchester
1 fatality has been recorded within 25 miles of Westchester since 1950, across 1 event. 177 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 Westchester
About Tornadoes in Westchester
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.
Twenty people were injured on April 10, 1956, when an F3 tornado carved a 7.8-mile track through the Westchester area of southern Florida. An F3 returned on June 18, 1959, injuring 77 people along a path 12.7 miles long and 333 yards wide. An F2 injured 21 people on February 19, 1968, and another hurt 9 on December 20, 1973. On February 3, 1998, an F2 tracked 21 miles across the area, while the F2 of March 27, 2003 — up to 600 yards wide — killed one person and injured 14. More recently, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database logged an EF1 that traveled 2.93 miles on October 9, 2024.
This corner of South Florida experiences tornadoes for reasons different from the Great Plains. Deep tropical moisture streams in from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, feeding sea-breeze thunderstorm collisions over the peninsula through late spring and summer, and landfalling tropical systems can spin up brief tornadoes in their outer rainbands. Winter and early spring carry a different threat: strong cold fronts and jet-stream disturbances sweep across the Gulf and collide with warm, humid air over the Miami area, occasionally producing squall-line tornadoes like the cold-season entries above. Local tornadoes tend to be brief and modest in strength, yet the intense strikes of the 1950s remain proof that damaging storms can reach this densely built suburb.