Hurricane Milton’s Record Florida Tornado Tally
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Hurricane Milton set a Florida state record for most tornadoes of any modern-era outbreak, among its impacts from surge, winds and flooding rainfall.
The state’s most in 70 years: According to National Weather Service storm survey data compiled by the Southeast Regional Climate Center and emailed to weather.com, Hurricane Milton spawned 46 tornadoes in Florida from just before midnight on Oct. 8 through Oct. 9.
That tally was Florida’s most in any single outbreak dating to 1954, according to the SERCC, more than double the previous modern-era record of 15 Florida tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Irma in Sept. 2017.
It was also the most tornadoes spawned in a single day in the area covered by the NWS-Miami forecast office (15) since 1950, as well as the NWS-Melbourne forecast office (19) since 1989.
