Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 2002
10 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 10
- Busiest month
- April4 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- December 31, 20023 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 5 hr |
| Nov 15, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Columbia, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Dixie, Flagler and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 4 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Escambia County4
- Santa Rosa County4
- Gadsden County4
- Leon County4
- Okaloosa County4
- Calhoun County3
- Gulf County3
- Jackson County3
- Liberty County3
- Columbia County3
- Hamilton County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lafayette County3
- Madison County3
- Suwannee County3
- Bay County2
- Holmes County2
- Walton County2
- Washington County2
- Dixie County2
- Taylor County2
- Wakulla County2
- Franklin County1
- Alachua County1
- Charlotte County1
- Citrus County1
- DeSoto County1
- Flagler County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Glades County1
- Hardee County1
- Hernando County1
- Highlands County1
- Hillsborough County1
- Indian River County1
- Lake County1
- Levy County1
- Manatee County1
- Marion County1
- Martin County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.