Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida
326 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 326
- Busiest year
- 202327 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 11over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County115
- Holmes County109
- Santa Rosa County104
- Escambia County101
- Okaloosa County101
- Walton County101
- Washington County99
- Calhoun County92
- Gadsden County92
- Leon County88
- Jefferson County86
- Madison County86
- Columbia County85
- Baker County81
- Bay County81
- Liberty County81
- Hamilton County80
- Suwannee County79
- Nassau County78
- Duval County76
- Gulf County75
- Wakulla County74
- Union County69
- Bradford County68
- Clay County67
- Saint Johns County67
- Taylor County67
- Alachua County66
- Putnam County66
- Gilchrist County65
- Lafayette County65
- Flagler County62
- Franklin County61
- Marion County60
- Indian River County59
- Lake County59
- Okeechobee County59
- Saint Lucie County57
- Volusia County57
- Brevard County56
27 more counties
- Osceola County55
- Seminole County55
- Martin County54
- Orange County54
- Highlands County53
- Sumter County53
- DeSoto County51
- Dixie County51
- Polk County51
- Palm Beach County50
- Glades County48
- Hardee County47
- Hendry County47
- Levy County46
- Hernando County45
- Citrus County42
- Broward County41
- Pasco County40
- Charlotte County39
- Collier County38
- Hillsborough County37
- Manatee County36
- Miami-Dade County36
- Sarasota County36
- Lee County35
- Pinellas County29
- Monroe County28
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Holmes, Jackson | 3 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.