Weather alerts in Florida, 2018

7,361 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 7,361
Warnings: 2,556
Watches: 152
Advisories: 1,263
Busiest month: June1,261 alerts
Busiest day: July 22, 2018173 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

7,361 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	4
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	538
Tornado Warning	111
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	9
Tornado Watch	15
Mesoscale Discussion	81
Special Weather Statement	2,932
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	44
Flash Flood Warning	21
River Flood Warning	169
Flash Flood Watch	16
Flood Watch	13
Areal Flood Advisory	668
River Flood Advisory	4
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	5
Heat
Heat Advisory	7
Cold
Freeze Warning	39
Hard Freeze Warning	21
Freeze Watch	33
Hard Freeze Watch	13
Frost Advisory	23
Wind Chill Advisory	23
Wind and dust
Lake Wind Advisory	17
Wind Advisory	29
Fire
Red Flag Warning	35
Fire Weather Watch	14
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	92
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	3
Storm Surge Warning	2
Tropical Storm Warning	14
Hurricane Watch	3
Storm Surge Watch	7
Tropical Storm Watch	10
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	3
High Surf Warning	5
Coastal Flood Watch	6
Coastal Flood Advisory	20
High Surf Advisory	46
Beach Hazards Statement	51
Coastal Flood Statement	18
Rip Current Statement	308
Marine
Gale Warning	21
Special Marine Warning	1,524
Gale Watch	12
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	52
Small Craft Advisory	255
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	17
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	5

By county

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

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2017 2019

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.