Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 2023
27 severe thunderstorm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- June14 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 27, 20233 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 25, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Holmes, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brevard, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Lake, Marion and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Brevard, Broward, DeSoto, Flagler, Glades and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Clay, Columbia and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Duval, Escambia and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Duval, Nassau | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County12
- Escambia County12
- Santa Rosa County12
- Holmes County11
- Okaloosa County10
- Walton County10
- Washington County10
- Gadsden County9
- Leon County9
- Duval County8
- Bay County8
- Calhoun County8
- Liberty County8
- Wakulla County8
- Jefferson County7
- Madison County7
- Nassau County7
- Franklin County7
- Gulf County7
- Baker County6
- Columbia County6
- Hamilton County6
- Suwannee County6
- Flagler County5
- Putnam County5
- Lafayette County5
- Taylor County5
- Brevard County4
- Clay County4
- Marion County4
- Orange County4
- Saint Johns County4
- Seminole County4
- Alachua County4
- Dixie County4
- Union County4
- Lake County3
- Volusia County3
- Indian River County3
- Martin County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.