Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, May 1997
86 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1997. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 86
- Busiest day
- May 27, 199721 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 68 min |
| May 3, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 65 min |
| May 3, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 42 min |
| May 3, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 49 min |
| May 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 64 min |
| May 4, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| May 4, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Miami-Dade | 41 min |
| May 12, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 55 min |
| May 15, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 58 min |
| May 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 63 min |
| May 15, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 61 min |
| May 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 28 min |
| May 15, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 58 min |
| May 15, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 65 min |
| May 15, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 min |
| May 15, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 61 min |
| May 15, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 66 min |
| May 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 61 min |
| May 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 45 min |
| May 22, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 61 min |
| May 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 57 min |
| May 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 59 min |
| May 22, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 59 min |
| May 22, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 64 min |
| May 22, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 60 min |
| May 22, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades | 53 min |
| May 22, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 60 min |
| May 22, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 49 min |
| May 23, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 64 min |
| May 23, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 60 min |
| May 23, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Monroe | 62 min |
| May 24, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 54 min |
| May 24, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 47 min |
| May 25, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 68 min |
| May 25, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 28 min |
| May 25, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 63 min |
| May 26, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 117 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 58 min |
| May 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam, Saint Johns | 49 min |
| May 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 67 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 64 min |
| May 27, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 56 min |
| May 27, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion | 53 min |
| May 27, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay | 49 min |
| May 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 48 min |
| May 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 59 min |
| May 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 63 min |
| May 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 42 min |
| May 27, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 58 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Union | 60 min |
| May 27, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 26 min |
| May 27, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist | 67 min |
| May 27, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 42 min |
| May 27, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 63 min |
| May 27, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 34 min |
| May 27, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 60 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 28 min |
| May 27, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 51 min |
| May 27, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 60 min |
| May 27, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 58 min |
| May 27, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 55 min |
| May 28, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| May 28, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Broward | 63 min |
| May 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 50 min |
| May 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 41 min |
| May 28, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 32 min |
| May 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 28 min |
| May 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 43 min |
| May 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 50 min |
| May 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 60 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier | 63 min |
| May 28, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Monroe | 61 min |
| May 29, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 65 min |
| May 31, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 44 min |
| May 31, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 30 min |
| May 31, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 63 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Palm Beach County6
- Polk County5
- Miami-Dade County5
- Nassau County4
- Okaloosa County4
- Collier County3
- Broward County3
- Orange County3
- Osceola County3
- Saint Johns County3
- Volusia County3
- Highlands County2
- Duval County2
- Holmes County2
- Jackson County2
- Escambia County2
- Madison County2
- Taylor County2
- Glades County2
- Hillsborough County2
- Monroe County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Clay County2
- Columbia County2
- Suwannee County2
- Alachua County2
- Lafayette County2
- Brevard County2
- Okeechobee County1
- Walton County1
- Gadsden County1
- Leon County1
- Jefferson County1
- Levy County1
- Hendry County1
- Charlotte County1
- Lee County1
- Santa Rosa County1
- Martin County1
- Putnam County1
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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.