NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Morriston, FL
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
80 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Morriston, Florida since 1851, 18 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Debby in 2024. Since 1950, 63 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 18
- Tropical storms
- 62
- Tornadoes
- 63
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Morriston
The strongest storm to pass near Morriston was Easy in 1950, a Category 3 hurricane with 121 mph winds when its centre passed 21 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1874, whose centre came within 11 miles. The record near Morriston begins with an unnamed storm in 1867; the most recent system was Debby in 2024, a Category 1 hurricane 66 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 10 systems, 3 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 80 systems, 14 have come since 2000. Of the 407 Florida cities on this site, 85% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Morriston. The highest rating among the 63 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 9 times; the most recent, on March 29, 2001, came within 22 miles. Of the 63, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 19 have come since 2000. October has had the most tornadoes, 11. The most recent tornado was on March 12, 2022. Of the 407 Florida cities, 91% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Morriston. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 28 times since 1981, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 407 Florida cities, 63% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Morriston.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Morriston
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DebbyAug 5 | 66 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2022 | NicoleNov 10 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 7 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | EtaNov 12 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2017 | IrmaSep 11 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2016 | JuliaSep 13 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2016 | ColinJun 7 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 6 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | DebbyJun 26 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | BerylMay 28 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | FayAug 22 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | JeanneSep 26 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2004 | FrancesSep 6 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2000 | GordonSep 18 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1995 | JerryAug 24 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1995 | ErinAug 2 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1990 | MarcoOct 11 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1984 | IsidoreSep 28 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1982 | Unnamed 1982 stormJun 18 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | Unnamed 1971 stormAug 16 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | GladysOct 19 | 25 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1966 | Unnamed 1966 stormJul 1 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormOct 18 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | DoraSep 10 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | CleoAug 28 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 11 | 72 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 29 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1959 | Unnamed 1959 stormJun 18 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1953 | Unnamed 1953 stormSep 20 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1950 | LoveOct 21 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1950 | KingOct 18 | 30 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1950 | EasySep 5 | 21 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormAug 27 | 18 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 23 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1946 | Unnamed 1946 stormOct 8 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormSep 16 | 57 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormJun 24 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 19 | 39 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormOct 21 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormAug 12 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormAug 30 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormJul 30 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormAug 22 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1935 | Unnamed 1935 stormSep 4 | 53 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormSep 5 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 17 | 29 mi | Category 1 (82 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 9 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormJul 28 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormOct 26 | 57 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 30 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 15 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 2 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1910 | Unnamed 1910 stormOct 19 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJun 29 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormOct 21 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormOct 12 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormOct 5 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormAug 2 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 29 | 30 mi | Category 3 (120 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormSep 26 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormJun 17 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormOct 11 | 18 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 9 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 30 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJul 19 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 11 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormOct 11 | 48 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormOct 8 | 13 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormSep 8 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormAug 30 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 27 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormSep 10 | 27 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 26 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 28 | 11 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1873 | Unnamed 1873 stormSep 23 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 23 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormSep 6 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormAug 25 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormAug 18 | 14 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1867 | Unnamed 1867 stormOct 6 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Morriston: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Morriston
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s4
- 2000s13
- 1990s15
- 1980s12
- 1970s13
- 1960s3
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2001 | F2 | 22 mi | 22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 3, 1998 | F2 | 20 mi | 4.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Mar 12, 1993 | F2 | 22 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 9, 1983 | F2 | 19 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 1983 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jun 11, 1982 | F2 | 11 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 1978 | F2 | 20 mi | 12.8 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jan 12, 1964 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1957 | F2 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 12, 2022 | EF1 | 16 mi | 26.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 2019 | EF1 | 15 mi | 0.93 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 20, 2015 | EF1 | 21 mi | 1.94 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 63, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Morriston
The Storm Prediction Center has 28 hail reports within 10 miles of Morriston since 1981, made on 24 separate days. Of these, 14 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on July 18, 2003. The most recent report is from May 11, 2015. June has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Morriston
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Usher Twr, FL, 20 miles northwest of Morriston at 33 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 66°F and 44°F. August is the wettest at 9.9 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 2.2 inches; the year adds up to 57.2 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 65% of the year's precipitation (37.4 of 57.2 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 80 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (24); a normal September there has highs of 87°F and 5.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 82 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 15 nights a year. That 57.2 inches is more than at 86 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (69%). Dunnellon, 16 miles south, has its own station (Inverness 3 SE, FL): 52.4 inches a year, 4.8 less than here, and an August average high of 90°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 66 | 44 | 3.6 | 5 |
| Feb | 70 | 47 | 3.3 | 5 |
| Mar | 75 | 51 | 3.8 | 5 |
| Apr | 80 | 57 | 3.0 | 4 |
| May | 86 | 63 | 2.8 | 5 |
| Jun | 89 | 70 | 8.0 | 10 |
| Jul | 89 | 72 | 8.3 | 12 |
| Aug | 89 | 73 | 9.9 | 13 |
| Sep | 87 | 70 | 5.8 | 8 |
| Oct | 81 | 62 | 3.2 | 4 |
| Nov | 74 | 52 | 2.2 | 3 |
| Dec | 68 | 47 | 3.3 | 4 |
| Year | 80 | 59 | 57.2 | 78 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Usher Twr, FL (33 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Morriston
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 41 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Morriston: 35 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 heavy rain events, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $631,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on April 20, 2020.
September 1, 2018: lightning strike 6 miles from the centre of Morriston — 1 killed.
June 23, 1998: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Morriston — $250,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Levy County, which includes Morriston, has been named in 45 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1972, 25 of them major disasters (by incident: 21 hurricanes, 7 severe storms, 6 tropical storms, 5 fires). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Milton, on October 11, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Levy County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and coastal flooding; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $15.3 million a year, the 53rd highest of 67 Florida counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.2 million (41%), is from hurricanes.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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