Alert archive

Weather alerts in Florida

166,257 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
166,257
Warnings
71,740
Watches
6,027
Advisories
25,835
Busiest year
202311,398 alerts
Average year
4,055over 41 years on file

Over time

By year

Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.

By month of the year

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Extreme Wind Warning26
Severe Thunderstorm Warning20,842
Tornado Warning4,876
Severe Thunderstorm Watch326
Tornado Watch873
Mesoscale Discussion3,094
Special Weather Statement53,791
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning1,279
Flash Flood Warning1,712
River Flood Warning1,863
Flash Flood Watch213
Flood Watch360
River Flood Watch11
Areal Flood Advisory12,180
River Flood Advisory26
Winter
Winter Storm Warning11
Winter Storm Watch8
Freezing Rain Advisory1
Winter Weather Advisory21
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning71
Extreme Heat Warning15
Excessive Heat Watch43
Extreme Heat Watch10
Heat Advisory893
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning15
Freeze Warning927
Hard Freeze Warning296
Wind Chill Warning18
Extreme Cold Watch11
Freeze Watch730
Hard Freeze Watch200
Wind Chill Watch18
Cold Weather Advisory122
Frost Advisory377
Wind Chill Advisory327
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning19
High Wind Watch3
Lake Wind Advisory817
Wind Advisory783
Fire
Red Flag Warning3,213
Fire Weather Watch2,492
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory2
Dense Fog Advisory2,446
Dense Smoke Advisory87
Freezing Fog Advisory1
Tropical
Hurricane Warning58
Inland Hurricane Warning3
Inland Tropical Storm Warning32
Storm Surge Warning43
Tropical Storm Warning211
Hurricane Watch74
Inland Hurricane Watch10
Inland Tropical Storm Watch27
Storm Surge Watch53
Tropical Storm Watch169
Hurricane Local Statement34
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning95
High Surf Warning48
Coastal Flood Watch81
Coastal Flood Advisory426
High Surf Advisory793
Beach Hazards Statement381
Coastal Flood Statement727
Rip Current Statement4,090
Marine
Gale Warning523
Special Marine Warning35,534
Storm Warning10
Gale Watch313
Storm Watch2
Marine Dense Fog Advisory853
Marine Dense Smoke Advisory3
Small Craft Advisory5,094
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas412
Small Craft Advisory for Winds171
Marine Weather Statement538

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

27 more counties

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Sep 22, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Sep 22, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa23 min
Sep 22, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB27 min
Sep 22, 1:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Sep 22, 12:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE97 min
Sep 21, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE40 min
Sep 21, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Sep 21, 5:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMFLBroward93 min
Sep 21, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE40 min
Sep 21, 5:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
Sep 20, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE74 min

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.