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Fire Weather Watches in Florida, 2026
19 fire weather watches in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 19
- Busiest month
- April9 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- February 21, 20264 fire weather watches
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By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:23 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 55 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:10 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 9 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:12 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:11 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 21, 7:31 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:57 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:18 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 10 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:55 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:36 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 5 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, 2:19 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:35 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Levy | 23 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:38 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Marion and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:07 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 13 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:30 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:51 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 19 hr |
| May 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 9 hr |
| May 6, 12:22 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Marion, Nassau, Putnam and 1 more | 20 hr |
| May 6, 2:24 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County4
- Duval County4
- Brevard County4
- Okeechobee County4
- Osceola County4
- Calhoun County4
- Gadsden County4
- Liberty County4
- Alachua County3
- Baker County3
- Bradford County3
- Marion County3
- Nassau County3
- Putnam County3
- Union County3
- Indian River County3
- Lake County3
- Martin County3
- Orange County3
- Saint Lucie County3
- Seminole County3
- Volusia County3
- Bay County3
- Holmes County3
- Jackson County3
- Walton County3
- Washington County3
- Leon County3
- Wakulla County3
- Charlotte County2
- DeSoto County2
- Hardee County2
- Hernando County2
- Highlands County2
- Hillsborough County2
- Lee County2
- Levy County2
- Manatee County2
- Pasco County2
- Pinellas County2
27 more counties
- Polk County2
- Sarasota County2
- Sumter County2
- Columbia County2
- Flagler County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Hamilton County2
- Saint Johns County2
- Suwannee County2
- Collier County2
- Glades County2
- Hendry County2
- Gulf County2
- Jefferson County2
- Madison County2
- Citrus County1
- Broward County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe County1
- Palm Beach County1
- Escambia County1
- Okaloosa County1
- Santa Rosa County1
- Dixie County1
- Franklin County1
- Lafayette County1
- Taylor County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.