Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 1997
Tornado Watches in Florida, December 1997
5 tornado watches in December 1997. 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 in December 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- December 10, 19973 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 11:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 8:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Dixie, Duval and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Lee and 6 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Duval County3
- Baker County2
- Columbia County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Madison County2
- Nassau County2
- Suwannee County2
- Alachua County2
- Bradford County2
- Citrus County2
- Clay County2
- Dixie County2
- Flagler County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Hernando County2
- Lake County2
- Levy County2
- Marion County2
- Pasco County2
- Putnam County2
- Saint Johns County2
- Sumter County2
- Union County2
- Volusia County2
- Indian River County2
- Bay County1
- Calhoun County1
- Escambia County1
- Gulf County1
- Holmes County1
- Jackson County1
- Okaloosa County1
- Santa Rosa County1
- Walton County1
- Washington County1
- Gadsden County1
- Leon County1
- Liberty County1
- Wakulla County1
22 more counties
- Brevard County1
- Hardee County1
- Hillsborough County1
- Lafayette County1
- Manatee County1
- Orange County1
- Osceola County1
- Pinellas County1
- Polk County1
- Seminole County1
- Taylor County1
- Broward County1
- Collier County1
- Glades County1
- Hendry County1
- Lee County1
- Martin County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe County1
- Okeechobee County1
- Palm Beach County1
- Saint Lucie County1
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.