Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1996
111 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 111
- Busiest month
- October37 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 7, 199629 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 25 min |
| Feb 2, 6:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 28 min |
| Feb 2, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 45 min |
| Feb 2, 6:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 64 min |
| Feb 19, 8:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 51 min |
| Feb 19, 8:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 3:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 4:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 3:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 4:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 4:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 4:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 9:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 10:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 11:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 63 min |
| Mar 18, 1:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 4:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 3:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 4:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 4:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 5:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 5:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 6:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 6:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 7:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 7:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 8:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 6:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 8:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 8:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 12:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 7:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 68 min |
| Apr 30, 9:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 41 min |
| May 12, 10:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 26 min |
| May 13, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 35 min |
| May 13, 9:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 52 min |
| May 24, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 25 min |
| May 28, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 11:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 67 min |
| Jul 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 12:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 17 min |
| Aug 14, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 8:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 8:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 57 min |
| Sep 17, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 36 min |
| Oct 7, 8:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 60 min |
| Oct 7, 9:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 50 min |
| Oct 7, 11:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 50 min |
| Oct 7, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 40 min |
| Oct 7, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 69 min |
| Oct 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 50 min |
| Oct 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 60 min |
| Oct 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 49 min |
| Oct 7, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 65 min |
| Oct 7, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 36 min |
| Oct 7, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 63 min |
| Oct 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 40 min |
| Oct 7, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 66 min |
| Oct 7, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 56 min |
| Oct 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 49 min |
| Oct 7, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 68 min |
| Oct 7, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 64 min |
| Oct 7, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 66 min |
| Oct 7, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 54 min |
| Oct 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 57 min |
| Oct 7, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 59 min |
| Oct 7, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 39 min |
| Oct 7, 8:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 69 min |
| Oct 7, 10:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 42 min |
| Oct 7, 10:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 39 min |
| Oct 7, 11:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 65 min |
| Oct 8, 12:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 58 min |
| Oct 8, 12:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 62 min |
| Oct 8, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 61 min |
| Oct 8, 3:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 25 min |
| Dec 7, 2:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 66 min |
| Dec 7, 9:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 41 min |
| Dec 7, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 35 min |
| Dec 7, 3:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 46 min |
| Dec 16, 9:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County9
- Saint Johns County8
- Brevard County8
- Putnam County7
- Hillsborough County6
- Duval County5
- Seminole County5
- Volusia County5
- Orange County4
- Lake County4
- Broward County4
- Marion County4
- Walton County3
- Indian River County3
- Okeechobee County3
- Miami-Dade County3
- Sarasota County3
- Franklin County2
- Alachua County2
- Okaloosa County2
- Jackson County2
- Columbia County2
- Hernando County2
- Hardee County2
- Lee County2
- Charlotte County2
- Pinellas County2
- Monroe County2
- Pasco County2
- Manatee County2
- Clay County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Bradford County1
- Sumter County1
- Palm Beach County1
- Suwannee County1
- Collier County1
- Leon County1
- DeSoto County1
- Citrus 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.