Fire Weather Watches in Florida
2,492 fire weather watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 2,492
- Busiest year
- 2010499 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 119over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Walton County673
- Leon County574
- Gadsden County556
- Jackson County548
- Washington County538
- Holmes County536
- Calhoun County535
- Jefferson County527
- Wakulla County518
- Madison County517
- Suwannee County496
- Taylor County475
- Lafayette County474
- Bay County450
- Gilchrist County438
- Dixie County436
- Baker County427
- Union County426
- Bradford County397
- Gulf County396
- Franklin County378
- Nassau County327
- Sumter County285
- Lake County284
- Orange County279
- Polk County278
- Seminole County276
- Volusia County270
- Osceola County263
- Highlands County232
- Hardee County224
- DeSoto County222
- Flagler County216
- Okeechobee County162
- Broward County125
- Collier County113
- Miami-Dade County103
- Pinellas County98
- Monroe County97
- Palm Beach County83
27 more counties
- Escambia County16
- Okaloosa County16
- Santa Rosa County16
- Charlotte County14
- Lee County13
- Brevard County11
- Manatee County9
- Sarasota County9
- Indian River County9
- Martin County9
- Saint Lucie County9
- Levy County8
- Duval County8
- Hillsborough County7
- Glades County7
- Hendry County7
- Hernando County5
- Pasco County5
- Clay County5
- Marion County5
- Putnam County5
- Citrus County4
- Alachua County4
- Liberty County4
- Columbia County2
- Hamilton County2
- Saint Johns County2
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:24 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 18 hr |
| May 6, 12:22 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Marion, Nassau, Putnam and 1 more | 20 hr |
| May 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 9 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:51 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 19 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:30 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:07 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 13 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:38 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Marion and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:35 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Levy | 23 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:19 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:19 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:36 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 5 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:55 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
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.