Alert archive / Florida / 1997
Weather alerts in Florida, April 1997
156 weather alerts in April 1997, 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 April 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 156
- Warnings
- 139
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 23, 199771 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 5:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 66 min |
| Apr 12, 6:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 61 min |
| Apr 12, 7:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Apr 12, 7:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 67 min |
| Apr 12, 8:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Collier | 115 min |
| Apr 12, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Collier | 110 min |
| Apr 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 69 min |
| Apr 22, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 12:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 7:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 7:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 7:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 7:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Dixie and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 52 min |
| Apr 23, 8:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 8:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford, Clay | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 8:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 8:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Alachua | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 8:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 9:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 9:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 9:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 9:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 9:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 9:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 9:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 94 min |
| Apr 23, 9:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 10:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Putnam | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 10:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 10:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 10:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 10:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 10:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 11:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 11:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 67 min |
| Apr 23, 11:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 11:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 12:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Osceola | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Highlands | 68 min |
| Apr 23, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Hendry | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 5:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 6:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 7:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 7:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 7:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 8:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 8:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 10:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 10:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 11:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 68 min |
| Apr 26, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 8:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 7:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Union | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 10:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 10:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 11:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 11:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 11:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 11:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 12:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Flagler and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Highlands | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 63 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 | 82 |
| Tornado Warning | 49 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hillsborough County14
- Polk County14
- Collier County12
- Miami-Dade County12
- Escambia County11
- Pinellas County11
- Hardee County11
- Volusia County10
- DeSoto County10
- Highlands County10
- Clay County9
- Orange County9
- Osceola County9
- Pasco County9
- Manatee County9
- Santa Rosa County8
- Holmes County8
- Brevard County8
- Indian River County8
- Sarasota County8
- Jackson County7
- Washington County7
- Hernando County7
- Lake County7
- Seminole County7
- Palm Beach County7
- Okaloosa County6
- Walton County6
- Calhoun County6
- Alachua County6
- Duval County6
- Nassau County6
- Putnam County6
- Sumter County6
- Charlotte County6
- Glades County6
- Hendry County6
- Lee County6
- Baker County5
- Bradford County5
27 more counties
- Columbia County5
- Suwannee County5
- Union County5
- Flagler County5
- Bay County4
- Monroe County4
- Broward County4
- Jefferson County4
- Liberty County4
- Saint Johns County4
- Citrus County4
- Levy County4
- Marion County4
- Martin County4
- Okeechobee County4
- Saint Lucie County4
- Franklin County3
- Gadsden County3
- Gilchrist County3
- Gulf County3
- Hamilton County3
- Lafayette County3
- Leon County3
- Madison County3
- Taylor County3
- Wakulla County3
- Dixie County2
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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.