Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 2025
7 severe thunderstorm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- March4 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 31, 20253 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 7:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Okeechobee and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baker County3
- Columbia County3
- Hamilton County3
- Nassau County3
- Suwannee County3
- Duval County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lafayette County2
- Madison County2
- Taylor County2
- Escambia County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Okaloosa County1
- Bay County1
- Calhoun County1
- Franklin County1
- Gadsden County1
- Gulf County1
- Holmes County1
- Jackson County1
- Leon County1
- Liberty County1
- Wakulla County1
- Walton County1
- Washington County1
- Brevard County1
- Broward County1
- Indian River County1
- Martin County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Okeechobee County1
- Orange County1
- Osceola County1
- Palm Beach County1
- Saint Lucie County1
- Seminole County1
- Volusia 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.