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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 1997

20 severe thunderstorm watches in 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

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

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
20
Busiest month
April5 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
January 25, 19973 severe thunderstorm 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 12:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jan 25, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrevard, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Marion and 7 more5 hr
Jan 25, 1:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCharlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and 8 more6 hr
Apr 5, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton4 hr
Apr 11, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more6 hr
Apr 21, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more4 hr
Apr 26, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 12 more6 hr
Apr 27, 7:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 15 more6 hr
May 3, 7:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton6 hr
May 3, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more6 hr
May 27, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Flagler and 6 more6 hr
May 27, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
May 27, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 22 more4 hr
Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNassau6 hr
Jun 14, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHamilton6 hr
Jun 14, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNassau6 hr
Jun 18, 8:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison and 2 more6 hr
Oct 26, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 13 more5 hr
Nov 21, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

24 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 25, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  2. May 27, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  3. May 3, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  4. June 14, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  5. June 18, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  6. April 5, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  7. April 11, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  8. April 21, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  9. April 26, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  10. April 27, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 1, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  12. October 27, 19971severe thunderstorm watches

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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.