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Hurricane Watches in Florida, 2024
10 hurricane watches in 2024. 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 hurricane watches reaches back to 2005.
Hurricane Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Hurricane Watches
- 10
- Busiest month
- October5 hurricane watches
- Busiest day
- October 7, 20245 hurricane watches
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:02 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 36 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:16 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | TBW | Levy | 54 hr |
| Sep 24, 5:08 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Pasco and 2 more | 3 days |
| Sep 24, 5:10 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:56 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | JAX | Alachua, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Marion, Suwannee | 33 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:01 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 72 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:32 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | KEY | 60 hr | |
| Oct 7, 5:33 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:58 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 3 more | 66 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:59 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | JAX | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Marion, Nassau, Putnam | 54 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Levy County3
- Dixie County2
- Franklin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Taylor County2
- Wakulla County2
- Citrus County2
- Hernando County2
- Hillsborough County2
- Manatee County2
- Pasco County2
- Pinellas County2
- Sarasota County2
- Marion County2
- Gadsden County1
- Lafayette County1
- Leon County1
- Madison County1
- Alachua County1
- Columbia County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Hamilton County1
- Suwannee County1
- Collier County1
- Glades County1
- Hendry County1
- Charlotte County1
- DeSoto County1
- Hardee County1
- Highlands County1
- Lee County1
- Polk County1
- Sumter County1
- Brevard County1
- Indian River County1
- Lake County1
- Martin County1
- Okeechobee County1
- Orange County1
- Osceola County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.