Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 1997
Tornado Watches in Florida, January 1997
10 tornado watches in January 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 January 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest day
- January 9, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Lee and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 6 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County6
- Bay County5
- Calhoun County5
- Escambia County5
- Gadsden County5
- Gulf County5
- Holmes County5
- Jackson County5
- Leon County5
- Liberty County5
- Okaloosa County5
- Santa Rosa County5
- Walton County5
- Franklin County4
- Jefferson County4
- Wakulla County4
- Madison County3
- Taylor County3
- Alachua County2
- Baker County2
- Columbia County2
- Dixie County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Hamilton County2
- Lafayette County2
- Suwannee County2
- Union County2
- Charlotte County1
- DeSoto County1
- Glades County1
- Hardee County1
- Highlands County1
- Lee County1
- Manatee County1
- Okeechobee County1
- Osceola County1
- Polk County1
- Sarasota County1
- Bradford County1
- Clay County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.