Weather alerts in Florida, 2012

7,591 weather alerts in 2012, 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 7,591
Warnings: 2,927
Watches: 319
Advisories: 1,237
Busiest month: June1,293 alerts
Busiest day: June 25, 2012150 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

7,591 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	710
Tornado Warning	168
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	10
Tornado Watch	29
Mesoscale Discussion	154
Special Weather Statement	2,778
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	79
Flash Flood Warning	62
River Flood Warning	74
Flash Flood Watch	13
Flood Watch	20
River Flood Watch	9
Areal Flood Advisory	458
Heat
Heat Advisory	7
Cold
Freeze Warning	54
Hard Freeze Warning	20
Freeze Watch	42
Hard Freeze Watch	12
Wind Chill Watch	1
Frost Advisory	18
Wind Chill Advisory	17
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Lake Wind Advisory	94
Wind Advisory	47
Fire
Red Flag Warning	190
Fire Weather Watch	146
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	140
Dense Smoke Advisory	21
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	5
Tropical Storm Warning	21
Hurricane Watch	6
Tropical Storm Watch	14
Hurricane Local Statement	11
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	6
High Surf Warning	2
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	23
High Surf Advisory	32
Beach Hazards Statement	19
Coastal Flood Statement	25
Rip Current Statement	121
Marine
Gale Warning	26
Special Marine Warning	1,509
Gale Watch	16
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	46
Small Craft Advisory	262
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	48
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	24

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.