Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 1997
Tornado Watches in Florida, March 1997
2 tornado watches in March 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 March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- March 13, 19971 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Highlands and 8 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bay County1
- Calhoun County1
- Franklin County1
- Gadsden County1
- Gulf County1
- Holmes County1
- Jackson County1
- Leon County1
- Liberty County1
- Okaloosa County1
- Wakulla County1
- Walton County1
- Washington County1
- Brevard County1
- Broward County1
- Collier County1
- Glades County1
- Hendry County1
- Highlands County1
- Indian River County1
- Martin County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe County1
- Okeechobee County1
- Osceola 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.