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St. Petersburg storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for St. Petersburg, FL, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

Live alerts for St. Petersburg, FL

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    Severe weather in St. Petersburg by the numbers

    9.4severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    1.0hail days a year
    7storm reports in the last 12 months
    1.00″biggest hail since 2016 (Jun 25, 2025)
    31tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF2

    St. Petersburg gets regular severe thunderstorms: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 157 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 10 hail reports, 116 damaging-wind reports and 31 tornado reports. On average that is 9.4 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in May, July, August, when 53% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 0 hail reports, 5 wind reports and 2 tornado reports around St. Petersburg.

    Latest storm reports near St. Petersburg

    DateReportWhere
    Aug 27, 2026Damaging wind22 mi S · Manatee Co.
    Aug 6, 2026Damaging wind12 mi SW · Gmz853 Co.
    Jul 10, 2026Damaging wind17 mi NE · Hillsborough Co.
    May 26, 2026Tornado19 mi SE · Manatee Co.
    May 24, 2026Tornado17 mi N · Hillsborough Co.
    May 2, 2026Damaging wind17 mi SE · Hillsborough Co.
    Sep 25, 2025Tornado EF07 mi N
    Aug 24, 2025Damaging wind17 mi SE
    Aug 7, 2025Damaging wind8 mi N
    Jun 25, 2025Hail 1.00″4 mi NW

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    0714212816: 11 damaging wind16: 2 tornado1617: 1 hail17: 19 damaging wind17: 2 tornado1718: 2 hail18: 13 damaging wind18: 4 tornado1819: 3 hail19: 14 damaging wind19: 2 tornado1920: 22 damaging wind20: 6 tornado2021: 9 damaging wind21: 2 tornado2122: 2 hail22: 15 damaging wind22: 2 tornado2223: 4 tornado2324: 5 damaging wind24: 3 tornado2425: 2 hail25: 3 damaging wind25: 2 tornado2526: 5 damaging wind26: 2 tornado26
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    Storm season in St. Petersburg

    08162331Jan: 11JanFeb: 9FebMar: 5MarApr: 17AprMay: 30MayJun: 13JunJul: 31JulAug: 22AugSep: 3SepOct: 4OctNov: 5NovDec: 7Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg averages 1.0 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 1.00 inches — about the size of a quarter — reported 4 miles from the city centre on Jun 25, 2025. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near St. Petersburg

    There have been 31 tornado reports within 25 miles of St. Petersburg since 2016; the strongest was rated EF2 (Oct 11, 2023, 18 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in St. Petersburg

    Does St. Petersburg get a lot of severe storms?

    St. Petersburg averages 9.4 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in St. Petersburg?

    Most severe-weather reports around St. Petersburg come in May, July, August.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near St. Petersburg?

    1.00 inches (quarter size) on Jun 25, 2025, 4 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near St. Petersburg?

    Yes — 31 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF2 on Oct 11, 2023.

    How do I get storm alerts for St. Petersburg?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for St. Petersburg, FL. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of St. Petersburg, FL. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Sep 29, 2026.