Weather alerts in Florida, 1987
97 weather alerts in 1987, 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 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 97
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July24 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 22, 19874 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, 11:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 58 min |
| Jan 4, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Palm Beach | 60 min |
| Jan 4, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 60 min |
| Jan 22, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 60 min |
| Jan 22, 7:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 26 min |
| Jan 22, 7:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Marion | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 8:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam, Saint Johns | 56 min |
| Feb 19, 5:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 67 min |
| Feb 22, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Putnam | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 6:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 12:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Feb 28, 12:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 4:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Mar 18, 4:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa | 67 min |
| Mar 18, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Walton | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 11:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 61 min |
| Mar 30, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 4:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 11:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 11:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 57 min |
| May 10, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia | 44 min |
| May 12, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 62 min |
| May 12, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 56 min |
| May 12, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 61 min |
| May 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Walton | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands, Manatee, Polk | 76 min |
| Jul 4, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Sarasota | 76 min |
| Jul 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 11:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Union | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Gilchrist, Suwannee | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Santa Rosa | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 63 min |
| Jul 30, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Hendry | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 115 min |
| Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 10:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Washington | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 10:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 58 min |
| Aug 31, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 65 min |
| Sep 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 63 min |
| Sep 2, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 69 min |
| Sep 8, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 66 min |
| Sep 8, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 57 min |
| Sep 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 66 min |
| Sep 11, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 31 min |
| Sep 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Sep 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 64 min |
| Sep 26, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 63 min |
| Sep 28, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| Sep 30, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 65 min |
| Oct 1, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Monroe | 60 min |
| Nov 3, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Monroe | 93 min |
| Dec 15, 6:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 61 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 | 60 |
| Tornado Warning | 33 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miami-Dade County13
- Escambia County12
- Broward County9
- Santa Rosa County9
- Saint Johns County8
- Volusia County7
- Okaloosa County5
- Duval County5
- Putnam County4
- Monroe County4
- Citrus County3
- Walton County3
- Orange County3
- Charlotte County3
- Lee County3
- Collier County2
- Palm Beach County2
- Pasco County2
- Hendry County2
- Bradford County2
- Clay County2
- Lake County2
- Sarasota County2
- Brevard County2
- Columbia County2
- Martin County1
- Saint Lucie County1
- Marion County1
- Glades County1
- Alachua County1
- Gadsden County1
- Taylor County1
- Seminole County1
- Osceola County1
- Highlands County1
- Manatee County1
- Polk County1
- DeSoto County1
- Hernando County1
- Indian River County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19861988
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.