<P> The Tampa Bay hurricane of 1921 ( also known as the 1921 Tarpon Springs hurricane ) is the most recent major hurricane to strike the Tampa Bay Area . The eleventh tropical cyclone , sixth tropical storm , and fifth hurricane of the season , the storm developed from a trough in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 20 . Initially a tropical storm , the system moved northwestward and intensified into a hurricane on October 22 and a major hurricane by October 23 . Later that day , the cyclone peaked as a Category 4 on the modern day Saffir -- Simpson scale with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph ( 220 km / h ) . After entering the Gulf of Mexico , the hurricane gradually curved northeastward and weakened to a Category 3 before making landfall near Tarpon Springs , Florida , late on October 25 , becoming the first major hurricane to hit the area since a hurricane in 1848 . The storm quickly weakened to a Category 1 hurricane while crossing Central Florida , before reaching the Atlantic Ocean early on the following day . Thereafter , system moved east - southeastward and remained fairly steady in intensity before weakening to a tropical storm late on October 29 . The storm was then absorbed by a larger extratropical cyclone early the next day , with the remnants of the hurricane soon becoming indistinguishable . </P>
<P> The Tampa Bay hurricane of 1921 ( also known as the 1921 Tarpon Springs hurricane ) is the most recent major hurricane to strike the Tampa Bay Area . The eleventh tropical cyclone , sixth tropical storm , and fifth hurricane of the season , the storm developed from a trough in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 20 . Initially a tropical storm , the system moved northwestward and intensified into a hurricane on October 22 and a major hurricane by October 23 . Later that day , the cyclone peaked as a Category 4 on the modern day Saffir -- Simpson scale with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph ( 220 km / h ) . After entering the Gulf of Mexico , the hurricane gradually curved northeastward and weakened to a Category 3 before making landfall near Tarpon Springs , Florida , late on October 25 , becoming the first major hurricane to hit the area since a hurricane in 1848 . The storm quickly weakened to a Category 1 hurricane while crossing Central Florida , before reaching the Atlantic Ocean early on the following day . Thereafter , system moved east - southeastward and remained fairly steady in intensity before weakening to a tropical storm late on October 29 . The storm was then absorbed by a larger extratropical cyclone early the next day , with the remnants of the hurricane soon becoming indistinguishable . </P>
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The Tampa Bay hurricane of 1921 ( also known as the 1921 Tarpon Springs hurricane )
The Tampa Bay hurricane of 1921 ( also known as the 1921 Tarpon Springs hurricane )