Weather alerts in Florida, 1986
158 weather alerts in 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 in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 158
- Warnings
- 158
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- March34 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 8, 198612 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 55 min |
| Jan 4, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 43 min |
| Feb 6, 12:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 80 min |
| Feb 6, 1:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa | 75 min |
| Feb 6, 3:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 57 min |
| Feb 6, 4:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Walton | 75 min |
| Feb 6, 10:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Union | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 10:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bradford | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 60 min |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 60 min |
| Feb 6, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 12:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 62 min |
| Feb 6, 1:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 min |
| Feb 7, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 60 min |
| Feb 7, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 55 min |
| Feb 8, 5:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 45 min |
| Feb 8, 8:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 55 min |
| Feb 8, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 25 min |
| Feb 8, 8:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 35 min |
| Feb 8, 9:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 40 min |
| Feb 8, 10:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 2 hr |
| Feb 8, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Marion | 60 min |
| Feb 8, 11:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Marion | 50 min |
| Feb 8, 12:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 90 min |
| Feb 8, 12:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 65 min |
| Feb 8, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 45 min |
| Feb 8, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 45 min |
| Feb 9, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 69 min |
| Feb 10, 11:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 5:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Feb 18, 3:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 115 min |
| Feb 22, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Walton | 62 min |
| Mar 10, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 115 min |
| Mar 10, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 55 min |
| Mar 10, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 6:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 1:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 6:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 7:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 8:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 8:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 8:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Flagler | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 8:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Seminole | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 9:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 9:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 10:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 12:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 69 min |
| Mar 14, 2:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 69 min |
| Mar 15, 8:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 8:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 9:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 5:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 8:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 8:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 9:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 9:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 66 min |
| Mar 16, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 1:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 10:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 103 min |
| Mar 26, 10:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 11:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 103 min |
| Apr 13, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 10:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 10:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk | 60 min |
| May 9, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 25 min |
| May 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 35 min |
| May 9, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| May 9, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 63 min |
| May 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 35 min |
| May 19, 9:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler | 62 min |
| May 20, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 33 min |
| May 20, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Clay, Duval | 65 min |
| May 20, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 60 min |
| May 20, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 52 min |
| May 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 59 min |
| May 20, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 57 min |
| May 20, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 63 min |
| May 20, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 60 min |
| May 21, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Palm Beach | 2 hr |
| May 21, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 70 min |
| May 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 54 min |
| May 21, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 61 min |
| May 21, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 109 min |
| May 22, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 59 min |
| May 22, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 65 min |
| May 22, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 69 min |
| May 22, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Hendry | 85 min |
| Jun 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 7:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 11:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 71 min |
| Jun 15, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 6:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 119 min |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 68 min |
| Jul 21, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 68 min |
| Jul 28, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa | 66 min |
| Jul 31, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Putnam | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Marion | 58 min |
| Jul 31, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 68 min |
| Aug 1, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Walton | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 8:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 55 min |
| Sep 3, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 63 min |
| Sep 10, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 20 min |
| Oct 12, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Okaloosa | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 27 min |
| Nov 5, 8:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Nov 20, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 55 min |
| Nov 26, 2:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Walton | 60 min |
| Dec 31, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 65 min |
| Dec 31, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 65 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 116 |
| Tornado Warning | 40 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Broward County21
- Miami-Dade County17
- Escambia County11
- Santa Rosa County11
- Marion County9
- Okaloosa County8
- Walton County6
- Flagler County6
- Volusia County6
- Hernando County6
- Palm Beach County6
- Pinellas County6
- Alachua County5
- Lake County5
- Bay County5
- Hillsborough County5
- Franklin County4
- Clay County4
- Putnam County4
- Duval County4
- Nassau County4
- Saint Johns County4
- Citrus County4
- Polk County4
- Sarasota County4
- Monroe County4
- Collier County4
- Bradford County3
- Sumter County3
- Charlotte County3
- DeSoto County3
- Hendry County3
- Leon County3
- Gulf County2
- Baker County2
- Taylor County2
- Hardee County2
- Jackson County2
- Seminole County2
- Glades County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.