Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 2024
10 severe thunderstorm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 10
- Busiest month
- May8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 10, 20243 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 15, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 2:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 6:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 6:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 10:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Brevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Flagler, Gilchrist and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 7 hr |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Holmes County6
- Walton County6
- Washington County6
- Escambia County5
- Okaloosa County5
- Santa Rosa County5
- Jackson County5
- Bay County4
- Calhoun County3
- Gulf County3
- Franklin County2
- Gadsden County2
- Jefferson County2
- Leon County2
- Liberty County2
- Wakulla County2
- Alachua County2
- Flagler County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Levy County2
- Marion County2
- Putnam County2
- Indian River County2
- Okeechobee County2
- Saint Lucie County2
- Dixie County1
- Lafayette County1
- Madison County1
- Taylor County1
- Baker County1
- Bradford County1
- Clay County1
- Columbia County1
- Duval County1
- Hamilton County1
- Nassau County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Suwannee County1
- Union County1
- Brevard County1
21 more counties
- Citrus County1
- DeSoto County1
- Hardee County1
- Hernando County1
- Highlands County1
- Hillsborough County1
- Lake County1
- Manatee County1
- Orange County1
- Osceola County1
- Pasco County1
- Pinellas County1
- Polk County1
- Sarasota County1
- Seminole County1
- Sumter County1
- Volusia County1
- Broward County1
- Martin County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Palm Beach County1
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.