Alert archive / Florida / 1997
Weather alerts in Florida, October 1997
85 weather alerts in October 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 October 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 85
- Warnings
- 75
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 51 min |
| Oct 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 49 min |
| Oct 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 63 min |
| Oct 24, 6:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 33 min |
| Oct 24, 10:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 11:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 11:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 52 min |
| Oct 24, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 60 min |
| Oct 24, 11:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 2 hr |
| Oct 24, 12:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 32 min |
| Oct 24, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 64 min |
| Oct 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jackson | 7 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Oct 26, 6:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 12 min |
| Oct 26, 8:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 9:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 9:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 62 min |
| Oct 26, 10:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 10:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 10:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 69 min |
| Oct 26, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 11:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 11:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 54 min |
| Oct 26, 11:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 54 min |
| Oct 26, 11:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 49 min |
| Oct 26, 7:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Oct 26, 8:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 52 min |
| Oct 26, 9:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 9:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Oct 26, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 9:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 9:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 65 min |
| Oct 26, 10:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 88 min |
| Oct 26, 10:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 10:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 44 min |
| Oct 26, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 62 min |
| Oct 27, 8:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 51 min |
| Oct 27, 8:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 8:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 8:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 9:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 30 min |
| Oct 27, 9:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 9:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 43 min |
| Oct 27, 9:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 62 min |
| Oct 27, 9:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 61 min |
| Oct 27, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 27, 10:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 29 min |
| Oct 27, 10:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 58 min |
| Oct 27, 10:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 62 min |
| Oct 27, 10:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 3:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 68 min |
| Oct 31, 11:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 12:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 51 min |
| Oct 31, 12:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 47 min |
| Oct 31, 1:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 2:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 46 min |
| Oct 31, 2:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 61 min |
| Oct 31, 3:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 41 min |
| Oct 31, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 31 min |
| Oct 31, 4:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 57 min |
| Oct 31, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 50 min |
| Oct 31, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 5:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 61 min |
| Oct 31, 5:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 55 min |
| Oct 31, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 64 min |
| Oct 31, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 64 min |
| Oct 31, 5:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 60 min |
| Oct 31, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 49 min |
| Oct 31, 5:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 64 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 | 34 |
| Tornado Warning | 40 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bay County8
- Jackson County8
- Hillsborough County8
- Polk County8
- Osceola County7
- Pinellas County7
- Manatee County7
- Brevard County6
- Gadsden County6
- Okaloosa County6
- Santa Rosa County6
- Levy County6
- Pasco County6
- Seminole County6
- Walton County5
- Calhoun County5
- Washington County5
- Dixie County5
- Gilchrist County5
- Suwannee County5
- Wakulla County5
- Gulf County4
- Holmes County4
- Liberty County4
- Baker County4
- Columbia County4
- Hamilton County4
- Lafayette County4
- Leon County4
- Taylor County4
- Union County4
- Lake County4
- Orange County4
- Sarasota County4
- Franklin County3
- Jefferson County3
- Madison County3
- Nassau County3
- Volusia County3
- Escambia County2
25 more counties
- Alachua County2
- Bradford County2
- Duval County2
- Charlotte County2
- DeSoto County2
- Glades County2
- Hardee County2
- Highlands County2
- Indian River County2
- Lee County2
- Martin County2
- Okeechobee County2
- Saint Lucie County2
- Citrus County1
- Clay County1
- Flagler County1
- Hernando County1
- Marion County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Sumter County1
- Broward County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe County1
- Hendry 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.