Alert archive / Florida / Polk County

Weather alerts in Polk County, Florida, 1997

53 weather alerts in 1997, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Polk County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
53
Warnings
41
Watches
12
Advisories
0
Busiest month
April14 alerts
Busiest day
April 26, 19976 alerts

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 9, 4:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jan 25, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jan 29, 6:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW58 min
Apr 23, 8:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 23, 11:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 23, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW61 min
Apr 23, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW61 min
Apr 25, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW56 min
Apr 25, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW55 min
Apr 26, 8:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 26, 11:20 AM EDTTornado WarningTBW55 min
Apr 26, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW68 min
Apr 26, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 28, 12:20 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW40 min
Apr 28, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 28, 1:02 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW43 min
Apr 28, 1:46 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW59 min
May 3, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW68 min
May 12, 3:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 22, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW64 min
May 22, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW49 min
May 22, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW44 min
May 27, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW42 min
May 27, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW48 min
May 28, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW50 min
May 28, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW30 min
Jun 1, 11:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 5, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW32 min
Jun 11, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW31 min
Jun 11, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW30 min
Jun 26, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW41 min
Jun 26, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW60 min
Jul 4, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW71 min
Jul 8, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW44 min
Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW48 min
Jul 15, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW68 min
Aug 1, 1:04 PM EDTTornado WarningTBW31 min
Sep 27, 12:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTBW3 hr
Oct 27, 9:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTBW45 min
Oct 27, 10:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 27, 10:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW29 min
Oct 31, 1:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 31, 2:09 PM ESTTornado WarningTBW46 min
Oct 31, 2:50 PM ESTTornado WarningTBW45 min
Oct 31, 3:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW31 min
Oct 31, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW49 min
Nov 2, 1:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW53 min
Nov 2, 2:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW54 min
Nov 14, 7:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW43 min
Dec 13, 12:29 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTBW12 hr
Dec 27, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WarningTBW45 min
Dec 27, 4:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Dec 27, 6:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW64 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning24
Tornado Warning15
Severe Thunderstorm Watch2
Tornado Watch10
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning2

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 26, 19976alerts
  2. October 31, 19975alerts
  3. April 23, 19974alerts
  4. April 28, 19974alerts
  5. May 22, 19973alerts
  6. May 28, 19973alerts
  7. October 27, 19973alerts
  8. December 27, 19973alerts
  9. June 11, 19972alerts
  10. June 26, 19972alerts

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. Rebuilt daily.