Tornado Watches in Florida
873 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 873
- Busiest year
- 199753 tornado watches
- Average year
- 29over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County336
- Calhoun County330
- Okaloosa County329
- Washington County329
- Holmes County327
- Bay County325
- Santa Rosa County319
- Walton County314
- Gulf County313
- Escambia County312
- Liberty County295
- Gadsden County286
- Leon County273
- Wakulla County270
- Jefferson County257
- Franklin County249
- Madison County241
- Taylor County227
- Lafayette County205
- Hamilton County201
- Suwannee County191
- Columbia County186
- Dixie County177
- Baker County171
- Gilchrist County162
- Nassau County155
- Union County155
- Alachua County151
- Bradford County146
- Duval County142
- Putnam County142
- Clay County141
- Marion County141
- Polk County140
- Hillsborough County135
- Pasco County134
- Levy County133
- Saint Johns County133
- Sumter County133
- Flagler County130
27 more counties
- Osceola County130
- Hernando County129
- Hardee County128
- Manatee County126
- Highlands County125
- Citrus County124
- Lake County121
- Orange County120
- DeSoto County119
- Seminole County119
- Brevard County118
- Sarasota County118
- Pinellas County117
- Charlotte County115
- Okeechobee County115
- Volusia County115
- Hendry County113
- Indian River County110
- Lee County109
- Collier County107
- Glades County107
- Saint Lucie County100
- Martin County97
- Palm Beach County96
- Broward County85
- Miami-Dade County79
- Monroe County75
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| May 7, 10:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| May 7, 2:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 11 hr |
| May 6, 11:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| May 2, 11:27 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Flagler and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
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.