Winter Springs, FL Tornado History — 132 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Winter Springs, FL had?
Winter Springs has had 132 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 5 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Winter Springs?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Winter Springs was an EF0 on May 26, 2025.
When is tornado season in Winter Springs?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Winter Springs, with 26 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 Winter Springs
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 27 total, averaging 1.4 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 Winter Springs
57 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Winter Springs since 1950, across 7 events. 480 injuries have been reported across all events. 1998 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F3 on February 23, 1998, which caused 25 fatalities along a 28.0-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Winter Springs
About Tornadoes in Winter 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.
Quiet stretches have a way of lulling Winter Springs — years when severe weather stays offstage — until an outbreak day rewrites local memory within hours. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center's archive for Seminole County shows that pattern repeating across generations. An F2 on April 2, 1959 killed one person and injured nine. An F3 on March 19, 1981 cut an eight-mile swath, and the March 13, 1993 superstorm sent an F2 down a thirty-mile track that injured sixty people. The night of February 23, 1998 stands apart: an F3 tore a twenty-eight-mile path through Central Florida, killing twenty-five people. On February 2, 2007, an EF3 killed thirteen people along an overnight track, while an EF2 on August 18, 2020 and another EF2 on March 10, 2025 carried it into a new generation.
The peninsula's geography explains why the danger straddles the calendar. Moist air feeds in from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, and colliding summer sea breezes over the interior can set brief tornadoes spinning. In winter, a strong subtropical jet stream, particularly during El Niño seasons, drives intense wind shear across Florida ahead of advancing cold fronts — the same setup behind those February nights. Tropical systems brushing the peninsula add tornadoes in their outer rainbands. That is why the event list elsewhere on this page stretches from postwar farm country into the present decade.