Hurricane Milton tornado outbreak
On October 8–9, 2024, Hurricane Milton's outer bands triggered a historic tornado outbreak across Florida, killing six people and injuring 30 others. The event produced 46 confirmed tornadoes—including three EF3 twisters—making it the largest single-day tornado count in Florida history and shattering previous warning records. A staggering 126 tornado warnings were issued statewide, the second-most for any state in a single day (behind Alabama's 2011 Super Outbreak), with NWS offices in Miami and Tampa Bay setting their own local records. The deadliest storms were the EF3 Lakewood Park-Vero Beach and Wellington tornadoes, which caused most of the casualties, while the event marked the first time a tropical cyclone spawned an intense (EF3+) tornado in Florida since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The outbreak was fueled by supercells forming within Milton's rainbands due to high instability and wind shear, even as the hurricane weakened from a Category 5 to a Category 3 before landfall. This ranks as Florida's fifth-deadliest tornado outbreak in 70 years, surpassed only by events like the 1998 Kissimmee and 2007 Groundhog Day disasters.
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