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Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2009
146 tornado warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 146
- Busiest month
- April37 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 27, 200917 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 19, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus, Sumter | 15 min |
| Jan 19, 10:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 15 min |
| Feb 18, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 11:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 6:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 8:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 9:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 5:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 5:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 6:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 6:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 6:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 7:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 14 min |
| Mar 27, 7:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 8:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 9:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 9:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 10:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf, Liberty | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 10:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 10:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 11:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 9:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 2:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 65 min |
| Mar 31, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 13 min |
| Mar 31, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 8:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Seminole, Volusia | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 9:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 2, 4:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 18 min |
| Apr 3, 4:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 4:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 5:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 11:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 11:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 12:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 2:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 2:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 8:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 16 min |
| Apr 14, 8:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 9:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 10:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 10:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 11:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 1:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 13 min |
| May 13, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 33 min |
| May 13, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 17 min |
| May 19, 11:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole | 25 min |
| May 20, 12:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Seminole, Volusia | 25 min |
| May 20, 1:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Seminole, Volusia | 34 min |
| May 20, 12:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| May 20, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 19 min |
| May 20, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 34 min |
| May 20, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 41 min |
| May 21, 1:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 42 min |
| May 21, 1:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 31 min |
| May 21, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 23 min |
| May 21, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 21 min |
| May 22, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 24 min |
| May 22, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 18 min |
| May 24, 11:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| May 25, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 2:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 16 min |
| Jun 5, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Highlands | 17 min |
| Jun 5, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 22 min |
| Jun 7, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 9:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 21 min |
| Jul 1, 7:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 14 min |
| Jul 11, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 11:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 13 min |
| Aug 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 39 min |
| Oct 4, 9:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Oct 23, 9:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Oct 27, 10:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 32 min |
| Dec 2, 6:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 45 min |
| Dec 2, 8:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Dec 2, 8:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 31 min |
| Dec 2, 8:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 34 min |
| Dec 2, 9:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf | 45 min |
| Dec 2, 9:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 23 min |
| Dec 2, 10:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 26 min |
| Dec 2, 4:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia | 24 min |
| Dec 5, 2:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Dec 5, 2:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 46 min |
| Dec 9, 11:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon | 32 min |
| Dec 9, 12:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 47 min |
| Dec 14, 9:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| Dec 18, 4:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 33 min |
| Dec 18, 5:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 24 min |
| Dec 18, 8:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 44 min |
| Dec 18, 9:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 67 min |
| Dec 18, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 63 min |
| Dec 18, 10:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 10 min |
| Dec 18, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 30 min |
| Dec 18, 5:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 48 min |
| Dec 24, 6:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 7:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 54 min |
| Dec 24, 8:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Okaloosa County15
- Jackson County12
- Brevard County11
- Santa Rosa County10
- Escambia County9
- Bay County9
- Liberty County8
- Walton County7
- Leon County7
- Saint Johns County7
- Calhoun County6
- Gulf County6
- Wakulla County6
- Volusia County6
- Gadsden County5
- Franklin County5
- Duval County5
- Seminole County5
- Hillsborough County5
- Orange County5
- Saint Lucie County5
- Miami-Dade County5
- Lake County4
- Holmes County4
- Palm Beach County4
- Columbia County4
- Indian River County4
- Charlotte County4
- Washington County3
- Madison County3
- Hamilton County3
- Suwannee County3
- Flagler County3
- Putnam County3
- Pasco County3
- Okeechobee County3
- DeSoto County3
- Osceola County3
- Jefferson County3
- Clay County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.