NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Youngstown, 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
76 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Youngstown, Florida since 1851, 25 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Mindy in 2021. Since 1950, 118 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 25
- Tropical storms
- 51
- Tornadoes
- 118
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
7 deaths in all
What the records show for Youngstown
The strongest storm to pass near Youngstown was Michael in 2018, a Category 4 hurricane with 152 mph winds when its centre passed 13 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1851, whose centre came within 5 miles. The record near Youngstown begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Mindy in 2021, a tropical storm 52 miles away. The 1870s and the 1900s were the busiest decades, with 8 systems each. Of the 76 systems, 11 have come since 2000. Youngstown has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 48% of the 407 Florida cities on this site. The highest rating among the 118 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on January 9, 2024, came within 16 miles. The deadliest, an EF3 on March 31, 2022, killed 2 people. Of the 118, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 54 have come since 2000. January has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on January 9, 2024. Of the 407 Florida cities, 54% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Youngstown. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 28 times since 1971, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 407 Florida cities, 63% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Youngstown.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Youngstown
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MindySep 9 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2021 | FredAug 16 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | NestorOct 19 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2018 | MichaelOct 10 | 13 mi | Category 4 (152 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2018 | AlbertoMay 28 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2009 | ClaudetteAug 17 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | FayAug 23 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | FrancesSep 6 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2004 | BonnieAug 12 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2001 | BarryAug 6 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2000 | HeleneSep 22 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | EarlSep 3 | 8 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 3 | 68 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1995 | AllisonJun 5 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1994 | BerylAug 16 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1994 | AlbertoJul 3 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | KateNov 21 | 25 mi | Category 2 (96 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 71 mi | Category 3 (127 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1975 | EloiseSep 23 | 45 mi | Category 3 (124 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1972 | AgnesJun 19 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1970 | BeckyJul 22 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormJun 15 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | HildaOct 5 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | DoraSep 11 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1957 | DebbieSep 8 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1957 | Unnamed 1957 stormJun 8 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1956 | FlossySep 25 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1953 | FlorenceSep 26 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1953 | AliceJun 6 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormOct 7 | 56 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormAug 13 | 33 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormSep 20 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormAug 31 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 31 | 61 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 15 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 1 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 14 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 10 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 20 | 66 mi | Category 3 (125 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 15 | 47 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1917 | Unnamed 1917 stormSep 29 | 46 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 4 | 8 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 18 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 28 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormJun 29 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormJun 12 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormNov 3 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 14 | 11 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 28 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 17 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormJun 13 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormAug 2 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormAug 3 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormJul 7 | 45 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormOct 9 | 11 mi | Category 3 (119 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 23 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJul 27 | 58 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 30 | 47 mi | Category 1 (93 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 21 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormAug 30 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 10 | 59 mi | Category 2 (100 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormAug 31 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 16 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 10 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 3 | 23 mi | Category 2 (106 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormSep 20 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 27 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1873 | Unnamed 1873 stormSep 19 | 73 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormOct 5 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormAug 26 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1868 | Unnamed 1868 stormOct 4 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1867 | Unnamed 1867 stormOct 6 | 67 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 31 | 7 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormOct 9 | 74 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormAug 23 | 5 mi | Category 3 (110 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Youngstown: 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 Youngstown
By decade
- 2020s24(2 EF3+)
- 2010s10
- 2000s20
- 1990s21
- 1980s17
- 1970s11
- 1960s7(1 EF3+)
- 1950s8
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2022 | EF3 | 18 mi | 12.14 mi | 2 / 1 |
| Dec 10, 1967 | F3 | 14 mi | 7.1 mi | 1 / 50 |
| Jan 9, 2024 | EF3 | 16 mi | 5.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 15, 2001 | F2 | 16 mi | 10 mi | 1 / 21 |
| Jan 12, 1975 | F2 | 5 mi | 168.5 mi | 1 / 33 |
| Jan 9, 2024 | EF2 | 16 mi | 0.88 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 9, 2024 | EF2 | in town | 12.89 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Mar 18, 2022 | EF2 | 16 mi | 1.64 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 10, 2021 | EF2 | 25 mi | 0.45 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 2020 | EF2 | 24 mi | 17.24 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 15, 2001 | F2 | 19 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 15, 2001 | F2 | 18 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 118, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Youngstown
The Storm Prediction Center has 28 hail reports within 10 miles of Youngstown since 1971, made on 26 separate days. Of these, 17 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 6 days, most recently April 27, 2023. The most recent report is from July 22, 2025. June has the most reports, 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Youngstown
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Panama City 5N, FL, 12 miles southwest of Youngstown at 5 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 75°F; January is the coolest, at 64°F and 43°F. July and August are the wettest at 7.4 inches of precipitation on average and May the driest at 3.3 inches; the year adds up to 61.3 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 57% of the year's precipitation (34.8 of 61.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 76 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (27); a normal September there has highs of 89°F and 7.0 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 67 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 16 nights a year. That 61.3 inches is more than at 98 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (78%). Fountain, 10 miles northeast, has its own station (Chipley, FL): 61.0 inches a year, 0.3 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 91°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Panama City, FL, 18 miles southwest, averaged 87°F in August and 59°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from June to September. Sea level at the Panama City tide gauge, 18 miles from Youngstown, has risen 1.21 ± 0.10 inches per decade from 1973 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 12.1 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 71 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64 | 43 | 4.8 | 7 | 59 |
| Feb | 67 | 46 | 5.0 | 6 | 63 |
| Mar | 73 | 52 | 5.0 | 6 | 68 |
| Apr | 79 | 58 | 4.1 | 5 | 73 |
| May | 85 | 66 | 3.3 | 4 | 79 |
| Jun | 89 | 73 | 5.8 | 9 | 84 |
| Jul | 91 | 75 | 7.4 | 9 | 87 |
| Aug | 91 | 75 | 7.4 | 11 | 87 |
| Sep | 89 | 71 | 7.0 | 7 | 84 |
| Oct | 82 | 61 | 3.5 | 4 | 77 |
| Nov | 73 | 50 | 3.7 | 4 | 70 |
| Dec | 67 | 45 | 4.3 | 6 | 63 |
| Year | 79 | 59 | 61.3 | 77 | 74 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Panama City 5N, FL (5 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Panama City, FL, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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 Youngstown
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 84 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Youngstown: 60 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 flash floods, 4 floods, 2 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on June 30, 2015. August has had the most flash floods, 5 of 16. Of the 277 Florida cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 210 have had fewer than Youngstown.
February 13, 2000: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Youngstown — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “A BP service station was destroyed at the intersection of FL Highways 20 and 77 just south of the Bay-Washington County line. 45 homes and one business were damaged, and several mobile homes and vehicles overturned in the Sand Hills subdivision.”
September 16, 2020: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Youngstown — $1.0 million damage.
January 2, 1999: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Youngstown — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “Several roofs and mobile homes damaged.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Youngstown's ZIP code 32466 have filed 41 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $402,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Michael in 2018: 13 claims (32% of all) and $100,000. 49% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 340 Florida cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 61 have fewer than Youngstown.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Michael2018 | 13 | $100,000 |
Bay County, which includes Youngstown, has been named in 50 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1975, 31 of them major disasters (by incident: 26 hurricanes, 8 severe storms, 5 fires, 5 tropical storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Helene, on September 28, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Bay County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, coastal flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $157.9 million a year, the 19th highest of 67 Florida counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $117.8 million (75%), 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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