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Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2002

102 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
102
Busiest month
September23 tornado warnings
Busiest day
December 24, 200214 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 9:14 AM ESTTornado WarningEYWMonroe46 min
Jan 2, 2:31 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLMonroe29 min
Jan 2, 2:57 PM ESTTornado WarningMFL48 min
Jan 2, 3:45 PM ESTTornado WarningMFL15 min
Feb 20, 9:14 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEDixie, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty and 3 more16 min
Feb 20, 9:14 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEFranklin16 min
Feb 22, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa15 min
Feb 22, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf205 days
Feb 22, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington205 days
Feb 22, 10:18 AM ESTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa12 min
Feb 23, 3:20 AM ESTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade40 min
Feb 23, 9:27 AM ESTTornado WarningEYWMonroe33 min
Apr 30, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange36 min
Apr 30, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola45 min
May 31, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade32 min
Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas30 min
Jun 11, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte27 min
Jun 11, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWSarasota26 min
Jun 13, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXPutnam47 min
Jun 20, 2:08 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLGlades22 min
Jun 22, 2:31 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion59 min
Jul 3, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa84 days
Jul 4, 10:25 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough35 min
Jul 7, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPasco6 min
Jul 9, 5:17 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPinellas28 min
Jul 21, 2:27 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola33 min
Jul 26, 5:07 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough38 min
Jul 29, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWManatee23 min
Jul 29, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWLee29 min
Aug 6, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade23 min
Aug 12, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola32 min
Aug 27, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin29 days
Sep 5, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach30 min
Sep 11, 2:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward24 min
Sep 11, 3:41 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Monroe49 min
Sep 15, 1:06 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson11 days
Sep 24, 4:26 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXPutnam34 min
Sep 25, 3:08 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Sep 25, 4:18 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa3 hr
Sep 25, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton19 days
Sep 25, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa3 hr
Sep 25, 5:07 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Sep 25, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa4 hr
Sep 25, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton34 days
Sep 25, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa14 hr
Sep 25, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Walton34 days
Sep 25, 7:22 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson34 days
Sep 25, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa14 hr
Sep 25, 10:53 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton34 days
Sep 25, 11:47 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay41 days
Sep 26, 1:06 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf41 days
Sep 26, 9:00 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa24 days
Sep 26, 9:48 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa24 days
Sep 26, 9:48 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa24 days
Sep 26, 10:07 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa33 days
Oct 13, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin23 days
Oct 15, 1:10 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEGulf22 days
Oct 21, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXNassau15 days
Oct 29, 12:44 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay7 days
Oct 29, 1:14 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay7 days
Oct 29, 1:43 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay13 days
Nov 5, 12:06 PM ESTTornado WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Nov 5, 2:11 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEJackson6 days
Nov 5, 2:44 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEJackson7 days
Nov 5, 3:16 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay7 days
Nov 5, 3:28 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun7 days
Nov 5, 3:43 PM ESTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa44 days
Nov 5, 3:43 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun49 days
Nov 6, 4:45 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXHamilton6 days
Nov 12, 2:34 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXHamilton10 hr
Nov 12, 2:34 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXHamilton, Suwannee10 hr
Nov 12, 11:28 AM ESTTornado WarningJAXBaker42 days
Nov 12, 12:18 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXAlachua27 min
Nov 12, 1:30 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXDuval42 days
Nov 12, 2:19 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXSaint Johns41 min
Nov 16, 1:21 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto24 min
Nov 16, 1:42 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHighlands48 min
Nov 16, 2:19 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach41 min
Nov 16, 2:32 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHighlands, Polk28 min
Nov 16, 2:48 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBOsceola42 min
Nov 16, 4:53 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLCollier, Hendry, Palm Beach37 min
Dec 9, 8:38 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade52 min
Dec 13, 8:26 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia34 min
Dec 13, 9:02 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia28 min
Dec 24, 7:46 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Washington14 min
Dec 24, 8:01 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton3 hr
Dec 24, 8:41 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton, Washington34 min
Dec 24, 8:56 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEJackson34 min
Dec 24, 10:55 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty35 min
Dec 24, 12:28 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXSuwannee92 min
Dec 24, 12:53 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXDuval22 min
Dec 24, 12:55 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXSuwannee50 min
Dec 24, 12:59 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford46 min
Dec 24, 1:01 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXColumbia, Union59 min
Dec 24, 1:12 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXClay48 min
Dec 24, 3:38 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard37 min
Dec 24, 3:52 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia38 min
Dec 24, 3:54 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia36 min
Dec 31, 10:10 AM ESTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa35 min
Dec 31, 10:45 AM ESTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa45 min
Dec 31, 10:47 AM ESTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa28 min
Dec 31, 12:20 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay25 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

14 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. December 24, 200214tornado warnings
  2. September 25, 200211tornado warnings
  3. September 26, 20027tornado warnings
  4. November 5, 20027tornado warnings
  5. November 12, 20026tornado warnings
  6. November 16, 20026tornado warnings
  7. January 2, 20024tornado warnings
  8. February 22, 20024tornado warnings
  9. December 31, 20024tornado warnings
  10. October 29, 20023tornado warnings
  11. February 20, 20022tornado warnings
  12. February 23, 20022tornado warnings

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.