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Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2018
111 tornado warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 111
- Busiest month
- December34 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- December 20, 201820 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 4:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 39 min |
| Feb 11, 4:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 4:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 4:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 12 min |
| Mar 20, 9:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 51 min |
| Mar 20, 1:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 24 min |
| Mar 20, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco, Sumter | 25 min |
| Mar 20, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 18 min |
| Mar 20, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Highlands | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 11:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 10 min |
| Apr 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 11 min |
| Apr 15, 7:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 8:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 6 min |
| Apr 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | KEY | Monroe | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 15 min |
| Apr 24, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 19 min |
| May 14, 5:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 15 min |
| May 14, 5:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 15 min |
| May 14, 5:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 25 min |
| May 14, 5:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 32 min |
| May 14, 6:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 42 min |
| May 27, 8:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 22 min |
| May 27, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 29 min |
| May 28, 7:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Columbia | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 7:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 5:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 10:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 4:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 19 min |
| Oct 9, 9:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 8 min |
| Oct 10, 10:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 28 min |
| Oct 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford, Clay | 33 min |
| Oct 10, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 18 min |
| Oct 10, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau | 39 min |
| Oct 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Putnam | 50 min |
| Oct 10, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 38 min |
| Nov 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Nov 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 19 min |
| Nov 2, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 23 min |
| Nov 2, 3:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 25 min |
| Nov 2, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 37 min |
| Nov 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 29 min |
| Nov 2, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 24 min |
| Nov 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 14 min |
| Nov 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 30 min |
| Nov 2, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 23 min |
| Nov 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
| Nov 2, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 24 min |
| Nov 2, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 17 min |
| Nov 5, 11:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 25 min |
| Nov 5, 11:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 23 min |
| Nov 12, 9:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 19 min |
| Nov 12, 12:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Nov 12, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 25 min |
| Nov 12, 6:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 16 min |
| Nov 15, 12:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 32 min |
| Dec 1, 2:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 47 min |
| Dec 1, 5:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 12 min |
| Dec 1, 6:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 10 min |
| Dec 2, 1:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 27 min |
| Dec 2, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 34 min |
| Dec 2, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 30 min |
| Dec 2, 3:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 26 min |
| Dec 3, 2:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 37 min |
| Dec 3, 5:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 29 min |
| Dec 3, 5:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 14 min |
| Dec 3, 6:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee | 17 min |
| Dec 9, 8:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 39 min |
| Dec 9, 9:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 14 min |
| Dec 9, 11:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 24 min |
| Dec 20, 7:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 20 min |
| Dec 20, 8:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 29 min |
| Dec 20, 8:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 30 min |
| Dec 20, 8:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 22 min |
| Dec 20, 8:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 21 min |
| Dec 20, 9:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 12 min |
| Dec 20, 9:24 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 21 min |
| Dec 20, 9:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 35 min |
| Dec 20, 9:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee | 35 min |
| Dec 20, 9:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 23 min |
| Dec 20, 9:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 27 min |
| Dec 20, 10:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 29 min |
| Dec 20, 11:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 29 min |
| Dec 20, 11:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 19 min |
| Dec 20, 11:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 2 min |
| Dec 20, 11:24 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 19 min |
| Dec 20, 11:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Manatee | 36 min |
| Dec 20, 12:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Seminole, Volusia | 28 min |
| Dec 20, 1:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 25 min |
| Dec 20, 2:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County8
- Walton County7
- Hillsborough County7
- Manatee County7
- Santa Rosa County7
- Holmes County6
- Pasco County6
- Jackson County5
- Volusia County5
- Orange County5
- Washington County5
- Pinellas County5
- Okaloosa County5
- Escambia County5
- Palm Beach County5
- Columbia County5
- Nassau County5
- Wakulla County4
- Lake County4
- Hardee County4
- Liberty County3
- Hernando County3
- Seminole County3
- Jefferson County3
- Broward County3
- Bay County3
- Gadsden County3
- Bradford County3
- Clay County3
- Sarasota County3
- Sumter County2
- Okeechobee County2
- Leon County2
- Martin County2
- Alachua County2
- Duval County2
- Saint Johns County2
- Suwannee County2
- Highlands County1
- Calhoun County1
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.