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Tornado Watches in Florida, 1998

52 tornado watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
52
Busiest month
February17 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 8, 19986 tornado watches

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 5:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jan 7, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more6 hr
Jan 8, 2:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 20 more7 hr
Jan 8, 9:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCDeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lee and 5 more6 hr
Jan 8, 3:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach5 hr
Jan 22, 1:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more6 hr
Jan 23, 9:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 12 more6 hr
Feb 2, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 16 more6 hr
Feb 2, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 19 more6 hr
Feb 15, 6:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 24 more7 hr
Feb 16, 8:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Citrus, Dixie, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy and 4 more5 hr
Feb 16, 1:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 13 more5 hr
Feb 16, 1:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more6 hr
Feb 16, 6:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 18 more7 hr
Feb 16, 7:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
Feb 16, 11:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 20 more7 hr
Feb 17, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough and 13 more7 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 13 more6 hr
Feb 19, 9:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands and 13 more6 hr
Feb 20, 3:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 12 more4 hr
Feb 22, 8:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 14 more6 hr
Feb 22, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando and 18 more7 hr
Feb 22, 9:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando and 18 more6 hr
Feb 26, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more5 hr
Feb 28, 8:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 11 more6 hr
Mar 1, 3:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 20 more6 hr
Mar 7, 10:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
Mar 8, 3:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 11 more6 hr
Mar 8, 5:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
Mar 8, 9:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Franklin and 12 more7 hr
Mar 8, 11:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more5 hr
Mar 8, 4:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia and 22 more6 hr
Mar 8, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 21 more6 hr
Mar 9, 1:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 14 more6 hr
Apr 9, 2:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Gadsden and 11 more5 hr
Apr 9, 7:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 11 more6 hr
May 8, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Gadsden, Hamilton and 9 more6 hr
Sep 2, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus, Clay and 32 more8 hr
Sep 2, 10:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 17 more13 hr
Sep 25, 6:15 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and 9 more7 hr
Sep 25, 11:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 23 more12 hr
Sep 25, 11:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 8 more6 hr
Sep 27, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more12 hr
Sep 28, 2:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more12 hr
Sep 28, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more12 hr
Sep 28, 11:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more12 hr
Sep 29, 11:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more9 hr
Sep 29, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 15 more10 hr
Sep 30, 5:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 8 more5 hr
Sep 30, 1:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 6 more7 hr
Nov 4, 12:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and 9 more12 hr
Nov 5, 12:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Martin and 4 more7 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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.