Alert archive / Florida / 1997
Weather alerts in Florida, May 1997
104 weather alerts in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 104
- Warnings
- 97
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 27, 199726 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 6 hr |
| May 3, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 68 min |
| May 3, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 65 min |
| May 3, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 42 min |
| May 3, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 49 min |
| May 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 64 min |
| May 4, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| May 4, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 54 min |
| May 4, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Miami-Dade | 41 min |
| May 12, 12:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 60 min |
| May 12, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 65 min |
| May 12, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 min |
| May 12, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 55 min |
| May 12, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 58 min |
| May 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 63 min |
| May 15, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 61 min |
| May 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 28 min |
| May 15, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 58 min |
| May 15, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 65 min |
| May 15, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 min |
| May 15, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 61 min |
| May 15, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 66 min |
| May 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 61 min |
| May 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 45 min |
| May 22, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 61 min |
| May 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 57 min |
| May 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 59 min |
| May 22, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 59 min |
| May 22, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 64 min |
| May 22, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 49 min |
| May 22, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 60 min |
| May 22, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 53 min |
| May 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 44 min |
| May 22, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 60 min |
| May 22, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 49 min |
| May 23, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 64 min |
| May 23, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 60 min |
| May 23, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Monroe | 62 min |
| May 24, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 54 min |
| May 24, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 47 min |
| May 25, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 68 min |
| May 25, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 28 min |
| May 25, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 63 min |
| May 26, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 117 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 58 min |
| May 27, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Flagler and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam, Saint Johns | 49 min |
| May 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 67 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 64 min |
| May 27, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 56 min |
| May 27, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion | 53 min |
| May 27, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 49 min |
| May 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 48 min |
| May 27, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 22 more | 4 hr |
| May 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 59 min |
| May 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 63 min |
| May 27, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 42 min |
| May 27, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 58 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Union | 60 min |
| May 27, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 26 min |
| May 27, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist | 67 min |
| May 27, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 42 min |
| May 27, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 63 min |
| May 27, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 34 min |
| May 27, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 60 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 28 min |
| May 27, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 51 min |
| May 27, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 60 min |
| May 27, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 58 min |
| May 27, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 55 min |
| May 28, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| May 28, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 63 min |
| May 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 50 min |
| May 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
| May 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 41 min |
| May 28, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 32 min |
| May 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 28 min |
| May 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 43 min |
| May 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 50 min |
| May 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 60 min |
| May 28, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 57 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 63 min |
| May 28, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Monroe | 61 min |
| May 29, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 65 min |
| May 31, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 44 min |
| May 31, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 30 min |
| May 31, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 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 | 86 |
| Tornado Warning | 11 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miami-Dade County10
- Polk County9
- Palm Beach County8
- Broward County7
- Okaloosa County6
- Columbia County6
- Nassau County6
- Saint Johns County6
- Collier County6
- Clay County5
- Duval County5
- Volusia County5
- Escambia County4
- Holmes County4
- Alachua County4
- Baker County4
- Bradford County4
- Gilchrist County4
- Hamilton County4
- Lafayette County4
- Madison County4
- Suwannee County4
- Taylor County4
- Union County4
- Glades County4
- Hendry County4
- Monroe County4
- Osceola County4
- Orange County4
- Santa Rosa County3
- Walton County3
- Dixie County3
- Jefferson County3
- Leon County3
- Highlands County3
- Charlotte County3
- Lee County3
- Martin County3
- Brevard County3
- Hillsborough County3
25 more counties
- Jackson County3
- Flagler County3
- Putnam County3
- Gadsden County2
- Wakulla County2
- Okeechobee County2
- Manatee County2
- Saint Lucie County2
- Levy County2
- Marion County2
- Lake County2
- Seminole County2
- DeSoto County1
- Hardee County1
- Indian River County1
- Bay County1
- Calhoun County1
- Gulf County1
- Washington County1
- Citrus County1
- Hernando County1
- Sumter County1
- Pasco County1
- Pinellas County1
- Sarasota 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.