Flood Watches in Florida
360 flood 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 360
- Busiest year
- 202440 flood watches
- Average year
- 17over 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.
- Miami-Dade County73
- Broward County72
- Palm Beach County67
- Nassau County53
- Collier County49
- Monroe County48
- Flagler County46
- Franklin County46
- Gulf County46
- Bay County45
- Gadsden County43
- Jefferson County43
- Calhoun County43
- Leon County42
- Wakulla County42
- Jackson County42
- Washington County42
- Walton County41
- Pinellas County40
- Baker County39
- Madison County38
- Holmes County38
- Suwannee County38
- Hendry County37
- Glades County36
- Gilchrist County36
- Bradford County36
- Union County35
- Taylor County33
- Volusia County33
- Hardee County32
- DeSoto County31
- Polk County31
- Sumter County31
- Lafayette County30
- Duval County30
- Highlands County29
- Dixie County28
- Okeechobee County28
- Hernando County28
26 more counties
- Osceola County27
- Levy County27
- Pasco County27
- Sarasota County27
- Manatee County26
- Orange County25
- Seminole County25
- Citrus County25
- Hillsborough County25
- Lake County23
- Lee County23
- Charlotte County22
- Marion County17
- Alachua County16
- Clay County15
- Putnam County15
- Escambia County14
- Santa Rosa County14
- Okaloosa County12
- Brevard County12
- Indian River County10
- Martin County10
- Saint Lucie County10
- Columbia County8
- Hamilton County6
- Liberty County4
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:51 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JAX | Alachua, Columbia, Gilchrist, Marion, Suwannee | 59 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:33 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 67 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:18 PM EDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more | 72 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 67 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 days |
| May 26, 2:26 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 3 more | 24 hr |
| May 25, 10:29 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 39 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:50 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 46 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:39 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia | 49 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.