Alert archive / Florida / 1997
Weather alerts in Florida, January 1997
67 weather alerts in January 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 January 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 67
- Warnings
- 54
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- January 16, 199720 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 6:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Jan 8, 7:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 48 min |
| Jan 8, 8:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 8:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 19 min |
| Jan 8, 8:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 10 min |
| Jan 8, 9:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 40 min |
| Jan 8, 9:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 45 min |
| Jan 8, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Jan 9, 1:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 67 min |
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist | 30 min |
| Jan 9, 1:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 42 min |
| Jan 9, 3:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Lee and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 41 min |
| Jan 13, 8:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 9 hr |
| Jan 15, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 10:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Jan 15, 10:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 69 min |
| Jan 15, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 64 min |
| Jan 15, 11:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 67 min |
| Jan 15, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Jan 15, 11:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 47 min |
| Jan 15, 11:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 46 min |
| Jan 16, 12:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 55 min |
| Jan 16, 12:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 16, 12:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson | 62 min |
| Jan 16, 1:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 67 min |
| Jan 16, 1:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 57 min |
| Jan 16, 2:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 58 min |
| Jan 16, 3:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 69 min |
| Jan 16, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 57 min |
| Jan 16, 6:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 65 min |
| Jan 16, 6:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 67 min |
| Jan 16, 6:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 52 min |
| Jan 24, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 55 min |
| Jan 24, 10:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Jan 24, 12:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 45 min |
| Jan 24, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 32 min |
| Jan 24, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 7:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 64 min |
| Jan 24, 7:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Jan 24, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Jan 24, 8:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 69 min |
| Jan 24, 8:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 69 min |
| Jan 24, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 68 min |
| Jan 24, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 53 min |
| Jan 25, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 58 min |
| Jan 25, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Marion and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 50 min |
| Jan 25, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 8:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Jan 28, 5:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 54 min |
| Jan 29, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 58 min |
| Jan 29, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 9:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 43 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 | 39 |
| Tornado Warning | 14 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Okaloosa County14
- Santa Rosa County13
- Escambia County11
- Walton County10
- Washington County10
- Holmes County8
- Jackson County7
- Calhoun County7
- Gadsden County7
- Liberty County7
- Bay County6
- Leon County6
- Gulf County5
- Pasco County5
- Franklin County4
- Jefferson County4
- Wakulla County4
- Madison County4
- Taylor County4
- Sarasota County4
- Alachua County3
- Columbia County3
- Gilchrist County3
- Hamilton County3
- Suwannee County3
- Hillsborough County3
- Manatee County3
- Polk County3
- Palm Beach County3
- Baker County2
- Dixie County2
- Lafayette County2
- Union County2
- Charlotte County2
- DeSoto County2
- Glades County2
- Hardee County2
- Highlands County2
- Lee County2
- Okeechobee County2
25 more counties
- Osceola County2
- Clay County2
- Duval County2
- Marion County2
- Putnam County2
- Saint Johns County2
- Broward County1
- Bradford County1
- Flagler County1
- Levy County1
- Nassau County1
- Monroe County1
- Brevard County1
- Citrus County1
- Hernando County1
- Lake County1
- Orange County1
- Seminole County1
- Sumter County1
- Volusia County1
- Pinellas County1
- Hendry County1
- Indian River County1
- Martin County1
- Saint Lucie County1
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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.