Weather alerts in Florida, 2003
1,917 weather alerts in 2003, 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,917
- Warnings
- 1,730
- Watches
- 45
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- March407 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 27, 200375 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
1,917 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 528 |
| Tornado Warning | 93 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 14 |
| Tornado Watch | 31 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 142 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 41 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 1,068 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Escambia County83
- Okaloosa County79
- Santa Rosa County78
- Alachua County66
- Duval County65
- Walton County63
- Putnam County62
- Saint Johns County61
- Jackson County59
- Columbia County59
- Clay County58
- Marion County58
- Calhoun County56
- Washington County56
- Madison County56
- Bay County56
- Holmes County55
- Palm Beach County55
- Liberty County54
- Baker County54
- Union County54
- Bradford County53
- Suwannee County52
- Hillsborough County52
- Taylor County50
- Hamilton County50
- Nassau County50
- Gilchrist County50
- Gadsden County49
- Lafayette County48
- Jefferson County47
- Orange County47
- Leon County45
- Pasco County45
- Volusia County44
- Broward County44
- Wakulla County43
- Dixie County43
- Miami-Dade County43
- Levy County42
27 more counties
- Flagler County40
- Gulf County40
- Lake County39
- Osceola County38
- Polk County37
- Brevard County37
- Hernando County34
- Citrus County34
- Seminole County33
- Glades County32
- Manatee County31
- Hendry County30
- Sumter County30
- Collier County29
- Highlands County28
- Okeechobee County28
- Martin County25
- Sarasota County25
- Franklin County24
- Hardee County24
- Pinellas County24
- DeSoto County21
- Saint Lucie County21
- Indian River County21
- Lee County20
- Monroe County19
- Charlotte County18
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.