Tornado Warnings in Florida
4,876 tornado warnings since 1986. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 4,876
- Busiest year
- 2024358 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 119over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Palm Beach County252
- Brevard County222
- Escambia County220
- Santa Rosa County216
- Okaloosa County208
- Broward County197
- Walton County196
- Collier County182
- Bay County181
- Miami-Dade County177
- Volusia County168
- Polk County163
- Saint Johns County160
- Hillsborough County153
- Duval County148
- Monroe County147
- Orange County141
- Jackson County132
- Manatee County128
- Pasco County126
- Franklin County124
- Pinellas County118
- Osceola County116
- Saint Lucie County114
- Washington County111
- Sarasota County107
- Gulf County105
- Putnam County102
- Hendry County98
- Liberty County95
- Martin County94
- Lake County93
- Charlotte County92
- Nassau County92
- Hardee County92
- Indian River County90
- Leon County89
- DeSoto County88
- Seminole County87
- Calhoun County87
27 more counties
- Holmes County87
- Columbia County85
- Wakulla County83
- Lee County80
- Clay County79
- Marion County79
- Jefferson County75
- Alachua County74
- Hernando County72
- Highlands County68
- Flagler County65
- Okeechobee County64
- Gadsden County61
- Taylor County60
- Suwannee County58
- Citrus County54
- Sumter County54
- Glades County52
- Hamilton County52
- Bradford County50
- Baker County46
- Madison County45
- Lafayette County42
- Union County34
- Dixie County28
- Gilchrist County23
- Levy County18
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 5:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 6 min |
| Jun 18, 11:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 8:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 12 min |
| May 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 24 min |
| May 25, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
| May 25, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 41 min |
| May 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 48 min |
Nearby
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.