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Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2020

168 tornado warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
168
Busiest month
April46 tornado warnings
Busiest day
September 16, 202027 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 4, 10:59 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedMLBLake16 min
Jan 31, 10:39 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLMonroe33 min
Feb 6, 8:51 PM ESTTornado WarningJAXBaker, Columbia, Hamilton39 min
Feb 6, 10:31 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWPinellas29 min
Feb 6, 10:51 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas24 min
Feb 6, 11:13 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee21 min
Feb 6, 11:17 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota28 min
Feb 7, 12:53 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBOsceola17 min
Mar 31, 12:01 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia27 min
Mar 31, 12:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa45 min
Mar 31, 1:02 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa43 min
Mar 31, 1:19 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa26 min
Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf31 min
Mar 31, 4:10 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor35 min
Mar 31, 4:16 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison29 min
Mar 31, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor23 min
Mar 31, 4:43 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXHamilton, Suwannee32 min
Mar 31, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXDuval, Saint Johns9 min
Mar 31, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXSaint Johns4 min
Apr 13, 3:14 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Walton31 min
Apr 14, 12:49 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXPutnam26 min
Apr 15, 2:36 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXColumbia, Suwannee24 min
Apr 20, 12:29 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia31 min
Apr 20, 12:45 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia30 min
Apr 20, 12:55 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson20 min
Apr 20, 1:01 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa29 min
Apr 20, 10:10 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion12 min
Apr 20, 10:17 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion8 min
Apr 20, 10:33 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWSumter27 min
Apr 20, 10:49 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia26 min
Apr 20, 11:06 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole24 min
Apr 20, 11:13 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia32 min
Apr 20, 11:28 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Seminole32 min
Apr 20, 11:48 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMLBBrevard, Seminole, Volusia42 min
Apr 20, 11:59 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard31 min
Apr 20, 12:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard31 min
Apr 20, 12:16 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard29 min
Apr 20, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBMartin24 min
Apr 23, 9:48 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Walton27 min
Apr 23, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa25 min
Apr 23, 4:04 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton26 min
Apr 23, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington32 min
Apr 23, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington20 min
Apr 23, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington33 min
Apr 23, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington30 min
Apr 23, 5:00 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf30 min
Apr 23, 6:25 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon35 min
Apr 23, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla33 min
Apr 23, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla32 min
Apr 23, 6:54 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla21 min
Apr 23, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningTAETaylor60 min
Apr 23, 8:21 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELafayette, Taylor54 min
Apr 23, 8:50 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee40 min
Apr 23, 8:51 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette39 min
Apr 23, 8:56 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXColumbia, Suwannee34 min
Apr 23, 9:07 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXGilchrist38 min
Apr 23, 9:23 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Union52 min
Apr 23, 9:34 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist41 min
Apr 23, 10:09 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Union36 min
Apr 24, 5:05 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas25 min
Apr 24, 5:33 AM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion12 min
Apr 24, 5:47 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas18 min
Apr 29, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Gulf10 min
Apr 29, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGadsden33 min
Apr 29, 7:32 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEGadsden28 min
May 18, 8:46 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWPinellas14 min
May 21, 2:50 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMFLPalm Beach25 min
May 25, 1:27 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLMiami-Dade33 min
May 25, 8:47 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLBroward43 min
May 27, 12:56 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia31 min
May 27, 1:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard23 min
Jun 6, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee30 min
Jun 6, 11:51 AM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier24 min
Jun 6, 12:00 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough13 min
Jun 6, 12:13 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLCollier32 min
Jun 6, 3:18 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLGlades, Hendry42 min
Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCitrus, Sumter33 min
Jun 6, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion45 min
Jun 6, 4:07 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia23 min
Jun 6, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk14 min
Jun 6, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange36 min
Jun 6, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPinellas12 min
Jun 6, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWSumter7 min
Jun 6, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange25 min
Jun 6, 7:22 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Seminole38 min
Jun 6, 7:49 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBSeminole26 min
Jun 6, 8:01 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake, Volusia29 min
Jun 6, 8:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBSeminole, Volusia31 min
Jun 6, 8:43 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange17 min
Jun 6, 8:59 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMLBOrange, Seminole31 min
Jun 6, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake31 min
Jun 7, 12:24 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWSarasota21 min
Jun 7, 3:13 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake32 min
Jun 7, 3:15 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXColumbia45 min
Jun 7, 3:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion34 min
Jun 7, 3:44 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake31 min
Jun 7, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXColumbia35 min
Jun 7, 4:04 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Union41 min
Jun 7, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Union33 min
Jun 7, 8:34 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia26 min
Jun 22, 9:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange11 min
Jun 24, 3:11 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia50 min
Aug 18, 3:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia23 min
Aug 22, 2:07 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette23 min
Aug 22, 2:25 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXGilchrist, Suwannee35 min
Aug 22, 2:29 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEDixie, Lafayette16 min
Aug 22, 2:57 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXColumbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee33 min
Aug 24, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay37 min
Aug 24, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJackson35 min
Sep 12, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Highlands, Polk28 min
Sep 13, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWLee26 min
Sep 13, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWLee25 min
Sep 15, 9:01 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay29 min
Sep 15, 10:05 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGulf25 min
Sep 15, 10:10 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf16 min
Sep 15, 10:25 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEGulf10 min
Sep 15, 10:47 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay27 min
Sep 15, 11:34 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay26 min
Sep 15, 11:44 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay10 min
Sep 16, 12:36 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa28 min
Sep 16, 2:23 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay16 min
Sep 16, 2:34 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay26 min
Sep 16, 2:52 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay23 min
Sep 16, 3:09 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay16 min
Sep 16, 3:23 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay10 min
Sep 16, 3:59 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa31 min
Sep 16, 4:33 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun27 min
Sep 16, 4:42 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa15 min
Sep 16, 4:44 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa16 min
Sep 16, 4:44 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf, Liberty31 min
Sep 16, 4:59 AM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty31 min
Sep 16, 5:00 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa15 min
Sep 16, 6:02 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf28 min
Sep 16, 6:28 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington13 min
Sep 16, 6:31 AM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty29 min
Sep 16, 6:57 AM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Liberty33 min
Sep 16, 8:14 AM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Liberty46 min
Sep 16, 8:58 AM EDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson21 min
Sep 16, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson30 min
Sep 16, 11:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTAETaylor10 min
Sep 24, 10:00 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa19 min
Oct 10, 3:19 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa41 min
Oct 10, 5:10 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa35 min
Oct 10, 7:01 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa44 min
Oct 28, 5:37 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia23 min
Oct 28, 7:21 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa24 min
Oct 28, 7:42 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa33 min
Oct 28, 8:11 PM EDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa16 min
Oct 29, 12:08 AM EDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa8 min
Oct 29, 4:44 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington12 min
Nov 11, 11:54 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota20 min
Nov 11, 12:21 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWPinellas24 min
Nov 11, 12:24 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee21 min
Nov 11, 12:44 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWPinellas16 min
Nov 11, 12:50 PM ESTTornado WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Hendry, Palm Beach25 min
Nov 11, 12:50 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas25 min
Nov 11, 1:13 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWPinellas11 min
Nov 11, 4:40 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota20 min
Nov 11, 4:58 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota32 min
Nov 11, 5:44 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee16 min
Nov 11, 5:54 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee25 min
Nov 30, 3:12 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEMadison36 min
Nov 30, 3:18 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedJAXHamilton42 min
Nov 30, 5:56 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas34 min
Dec 16, 3:48 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWPinellas27 min
Dec 16, 4:09 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTBWHillsborough23 min
Dec 16, 4:42 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough33 min
Dec 16, 5:02 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedTBWHillsborough, Polk28 min

By county

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

18 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. September 16, 202027tornado warnings
  2. April 20, 202016tornado warnings
  3. June 6, 202015tornado warnings
  4. April 23, 202013tornado warnings
  5. June 7, 202013tornado warnings
  6. March 31, 202011tornado warnings
  7. April 24, 202011tornado warnings
  8. November 11, 202011tornado warnings
  9. February 7, 20206tornado warnings
  10. August 22, 20204tornado warnings
  11. December 16, 20204tornado warnings
  12. April 29, 20203tornado warnings

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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.