Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, December 2002
3 severe thunderstorm watches in December 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 December 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- December 31, 20023 severe thunderstorm watches
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Columbia County2
- Hamilton County2
- Lafayette County2
- Suwannee County2
- Calhoun County1
- Gadsden County1
- Gulf County1
- Jefferson County1
- Leon County1
- Liberty County1
- Madison County1
- Taylor County1
- Wakulla County1
- Alachua County1
- Charlotte County1
- Citrus County1
- DeSoto County1
- Dixie 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
- Okeechobee County1
- Orange County1
- Osceola County1
- Pasco County1
- Pinellas County1
- Polk County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Lucie County1
- Sarasota County1
Nearby
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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.