Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings / 2002
Tornado Warnings in Florida, December 2002
21 tornado warnings in December 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 December 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- December 24, 200214 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 8:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 52 min |
| Dec 13, 8:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 34 min |
| Dec 13, 9:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 7:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 14 min |
| Dec 24, 8:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 8:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 35 min |
| Dec 24, 12:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 92 min |
| Dec 24, 12:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 22 min |
| Dec 24, 12:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 50 min |
| Dec 24, 12:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford | 46 min |
| Dec 24, 1:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Union | 59 min |
| Dec 24, 1:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay | 48 min |
| Dec 24, 3:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 3:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 38 min |
| Dec 24, 3:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 36 min |
| Dec 31, 10:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 35 min |
| Dec 31, 10:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 45 min |
| Dec 31, 10:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 28 min |
| Dec 31, 12:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Volusia County4
- Brevard County2
- Washington County2
- Walton County2
- Suwannee County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Broward County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Holmes County1
- Jackson County1
- Franklin County1
- Gulf County1
- Liberty County1
- Duval County1
- Alachua County1
- Bradford County1
- Columbia County1
- Union County1
- Clay County1
- Escambia County1
- Okaloosa County1
- Bay County1
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.