Alert archive / Florida / Polk County / 2026
Weather alerts in Polk County, Florida, August 2026
26 weather alerts in August 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
- Alerts
- 26
- Warnings
- 2
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 14
- Busiest day
- August 20, 20264 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 8:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 2:28 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 17 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:06 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 18 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:49 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 18 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:16 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 19 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:03 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 19 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:30 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 19 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:40 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 18 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:52 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 18 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:32 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 18 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:09 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | 19 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 6:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 8:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | 45 min |
| Aug 31, 4:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | 95 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 10 |
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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.