Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 2016
11 severe thunderstorm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- March3 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 20, 20162 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 9:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Flagler, Hardee and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Flagler, Gilchrist and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Highlands and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| May 20, 4:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Duval, Franklin and 12 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Calhoun County4
- Gadsden County4
- Leon County4
- Liberty County4
- Wakulla County4
- Indian River County3
- Martin County3
- Okeechobee County3
- Saint Lucie County3
- Escambia County3
- Okaloosa County3
- Santa Rosa County3
- Franklin County3
- Gulf County3
- Jefferson County3
- Jackson County3
- Brevard County2
- Charlotte County2
- Citrus County2
- Flagler County2
- Hernando County2
- Highlands County2
- Lake County2
- Lee County2
- Marion County2
- Orange County2
- Osceola County2
- Pasco County2
- Polk County2
- Putnam County2
- Seminole County2
- Sumter County2
- Volusia County2
- Broward County2
- Collier County2
- Glades County2
- Hendry County2
- Palm Beach County2
- Madison County2
- Clay County2
24 more counties
- Saint Johns County2
- Bay County2
- Holmes County2
- Walton County2
- Washington County2
- DeSoto County1
- Hardee County1
- Hillsborough County1
- Manatee County1
- Pinellas County1
- Sarasota County1
- Dixie County1
- Lafayette County1
- Taylor County1
- Alachua County1
- Bradford County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Levy County1
- Union County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe County1
- Baker County1
- Duval County1
- Nassau 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.