Weather alerts in Florida, 2017

6,728 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 6,728
Warnings: 2,518
Watches: 156
Advisories: 1,301
Busiest month: July1,060 alerts
Busiest day: January 22, 2017181 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

6,728 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
Extreme Wind Warning	6
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	518
Tornado Warning	220
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	6
Tornado Watch	33
Mesoscale Discussion	125
Special Weather Statement	2,305
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	141
Flash Flood Warning	76
River Flood Warning	123
Flash Flood Watch	17
Flood Watch	16
Areal Flood Advisory	634
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Heat
Heat Advisory	4
Cold
Freeze Warning	20
Hard Freeze Warning	6
Freeze Watch	16
Hard Freeze Watch	3
Frost Advisory	9
Wind Chill Advisory	12
Wind and dust
Lake Wind Advisory	25
Wind Advisory	41
Fire
Red Flag Warning	64
Fire Weather Watch	29
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	158
Dense Smoke Advisory	10
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	6
Storm Surge Warning	7
Tropical Storm Warning	13
Hurricane Watch	7
Storm Surge Watch	8
Tropical Storm Watch	6
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	6
Coastal Flood Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	24
High Surf Advisory	40
Beach Hazards Statement	25
Coastal Flood Statement	13
Rip Current Statement	285
Marine
Gale Warning	23
Special Marine Warning	1,289
Gale Watch	13
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	37
Small Craft Advisory	279
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	18
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	9

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

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2016 2018

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.