Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1987
33 tornado warnings in 1987. 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 in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 33
- Busiest month
- July9 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- January 22, 19873 tornado warnings
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, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 60 min |
| Jan 22, 7:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 26 min |
| Jan 22, 7:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Marion | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 6:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 4:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 11:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 11:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 59 min |
| May 12, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 62 min |
| May 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 11:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Gilchrist, Suwannee | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Hendry | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 10:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 69 min |
| Sep 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 66 min |
| Sep 11, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 31 min |
| Sep 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 63 min |
| Sep 28, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miami-Dade County8
- Broward County4
- Saint Johns County3
- Citrus County2
- Putnam County2
- Lake County2
- Orange County2
- Charlotte County2
- Columbia County2
- Pasco County1
- Marion County1
- Lee County1
- Palm Beach County1
- Bradford County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Suwannee County1
- Hendry County1
- Monroe County1
- Volusia County1
- Sarasota 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. Rebuilt daily.