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Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1997
171 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 171
- Busiest month
- April49 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 23, 199721 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 9, 12:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Jan 9, 4:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 44 min |
| Jan 15, 10:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 69 min |
| Jan 15, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Jan 15, 11:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 47 min |
| Jan 16, 12:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 16, 6:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 65 min |
| Jan 16, 6:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 52 min |
| Jan 24, 7:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Jan 24, 8:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 69 min |
| Jan 24, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 34 min |
| Jan 25, 3:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 58 min |
| Jan 28, 5:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 54 min |
| Feb 13, 4:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 54 min |
| Feb 13, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 55 min |
| Feb 13, 5:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 37 min |
| Feb 14, 12:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 44 min |
| Mar 14, 1:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 6:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 4:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 7:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 8:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 52 min |
| Apr 23, 8:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 8:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford, Clay | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 8:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 9:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 9:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 9:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 9:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 10:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 10:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 10:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 11:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 11:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 5:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 7:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 7:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 10:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 11:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 11:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 11:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 11:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 12:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Highlands | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 63 min |
| May 4, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 54 min |
| May 12, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 60 min |
| May 12, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 65 min |
| May 12, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 60 min |
| May 22, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 49 min |
| May 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 34 min |
| May 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
| May 28, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 57 min |
| May 31, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 12:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 9:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 5:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 2:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 12:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 21 min |
| Jul 9, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 9:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 37 min |
| Aug 30, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Sep 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 50 min |
| Sep 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 64 min |
| Oct 24, 11:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 52 min |
| Oct 24, 12:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 32 min |
| Oct 24, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 64 min |
| Oct 24, 2:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Oct 26, 6:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 12 min |
| Oct 26, 8:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 9:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 9:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 62 min |
| Oct 26, 10:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 10:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 11:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 11:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 54 min |
| Oct 26, 11:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 49 min |
| Oct 26, 7:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Oct 27, 8:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 9:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 30 min |
| Oct 27, 9:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 9:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 43 min |
| Oct 27, 9:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 62 min |
| Oct 27, 9:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 61 min |
| Oct 27, 10:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 58 min |
| Oct 31, 11:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 12:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 47 min |
| Oct 31, 1:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 2:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 46 min |
| Oct 31, 2:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 3:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 41 min |
| Oct 31, 4:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 57 min |
| Oct 31, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 5:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 61 min |
| Oct 31, 5:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 55 min |
| Oct 31, 5:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 60 min |
| Oct 31, 5:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 64 min |
| Nov 1, 12:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Nov 1, 1:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Nov 1, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 46 min |
| Nov 1, 6:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson | 46 min |
| Nov 2, 6:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 33 min |
| Nov 2, 7:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 48 min |
| Nov 2, 8:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 48 min |
| Nov 2, 8:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 33 min |
| Nov 13, 3:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 7:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia | 62 min |
| Dec 10, 8:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 62 min |
| Dec 14, 6:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 3:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 4:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 55 min |
| Dec 27, 5:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County15
- Miami-Dade County11
- Santa Rosa County10
- Hillsborough County9
- Broward County8
- Volusia County7
- Osceola County7
- Brevard County7
- Okaloosa County6
- Collier County6
- Duval County6
- Escambia County5
- Seminole County5
- Pinellas County5
- Jackson County5
- Saint Johns County4
- Orange County4
- Bay County4
- Sarasota County3
- Walton County3
- Washington County3
- Clay County3
- Putnam County3
- Monroe County3
- Palm Beach County3
- Nassau County3
- Levy County3
- Manatee County3
- Charlotte County3
- Calhoun County3
- Alachua County2
- Marion County2
- Lake County2
- Pasco County2
- Indian River County2
- Hardee County2
- DeSoto County2
- Lee County2
- Columbia County2
- Hamilton County2
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.