Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 1997
Tornado Watches in Florida, November 1997
7 tornado watches in November 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 November 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- November 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Nassau | 5 hr |
| Nov 1, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 2, 7:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Highlands and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 12, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Escambia County3
- Jackson County3
- Okaloosa County3
- Santa Rosa County3
- Walton County3
- Gadsden County3
- Jefferson County3
- Leon County3
- Liberty County3
- Wakulla County3
- Holmes County2
- Washington County2
- Calhoun County2
- Gulf County2
- Hamilton County2
- Lafayette County2
- Madison County2
- Suwannee County2
- Taylor County2
- Nassau County2
- Franklin County2
- Alachua County1
- Baker County1
- Bradford County1
- Clay County1
- Columbia County1
- Dixie County1
- Duval County1
- Flagler County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Levy County1
- Marion County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Union County1
- Volusia County1
- Charlotte County1
- Collier County1
- DeSoto County1
- Glades 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.