Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2016
119 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 119
- Busiest month
- January36 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- February 24, 201617 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, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 25 min |
| Jan 9, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 28 min |
| Jan 15, 10:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 23 min |
| Jan 15, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 45 min |
| Jan 15, 12:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| Jan 15, 1:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 34 min |
| Jan 15, 1:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 32 min |
| Jan 15, 1:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 32 min |
| Jan 15, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 14 min |
| Jan 17, 2:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 3:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 32 min |
| Jan 17, 3:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 20 min |
| Jan 17, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 12 min |
| Jan 17, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 26 min |
| Jan 17, 3:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 14 min |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 4:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 5:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 23 min |
| Jan 17, 5:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 28 min |
| Jan 17, 6:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 7:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 14 min |
| Jan 22, 2:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 2:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 3:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 4:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 4:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 6:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 11:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 26 min |
| Jan 27, 5:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 28 min |
| Jan 27, 5:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 6:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 8:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Jan 27, 9:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 33 min |
| Jan 27, 11:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 11:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 35 min |
| Jan 28, 10:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 13 min |
| Feb 15, 4:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 3:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 3:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 3:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 4:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 4:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 4:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 4:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier, Hendry | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 6:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 7:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 11 min |
| Feb 16, 7:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 6 min |
| Feb 16, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 12 min |
| Feb 23, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 62 min |
| Feb 23, 9:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 25 min |
| Feb 23, 9:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Feb 23, 9:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 9:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 32 min |
| Feb 23, 9:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 27 min |
| Feb 23, 10:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 21 min |
| Feb 24, 12:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 1:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 9:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 11 min |
| Feb 24, 12:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 12:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 14 min |
| Feb 24, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 1:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 9:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 3:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 16 min |
| Apr 7, 5:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 19 min |
| Apr 7, 7:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 19 min |
| May 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 34 min |
| May 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 28 min |
| May 17, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 15 min |
| May 17, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 25 min |
| May 18, 3:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 15 min |
| Jun 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 13 min |
| Jun 6, 2:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 19 min |
| Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 11 min |
| Jun 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 9 min |
| Jun 6, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 12:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Manatee | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 11 min |
| Jul 11, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 16 min |
| Aug 4, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 12 min |
| Sep 1, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco, Sumter | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 17 min |
| Sep 1, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 16 min |
| Sep 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 15 min |
| Sep 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 9:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 20 min |
| Sep 1, 10:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 10:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 11:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 11:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 11:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 11:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 19 min |
| Sep 13, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 25 min |
| Oct 7, 10:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 12:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 12:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 2:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 16 min |
| Dec 6, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Palm Beach County11
- Charlotte County10
- Collier County9
- Manatee County9
- Broward County9
- Lafayette County8
- Sarasota County7
- Taylor County7
- Lee County6
- DeSoto County6
- Pasco County6
- Hardee County5
- Hillsborough County5
- Okaloosa County5
- Nassau County5
- Dixie County5
- Monroe County4
- Polk County4
- Walton County4
- Santa Rosa County4
- Glades County3
- Hendry County3
- Holmes County3
- Bay County3
- Escambia County3
- Brevard County3
- Orange County3
- Osceola County3
- Indian River County3
- Clay County3
- Hernando County3
- Calhoun County2
- Volusia County2
- Sumter County2
- Pinellas County2
- Saint Lucie County2
- Bradford County2
- Duval County2
- Lake County2
- Wakulla 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.