Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 1998
Tornado Watches in Florida, January 1998
7 tornado watches in January 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 January 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- January 8, 19983 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 7, 5:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lee and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 12 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Okaloosa County3
- Osceola County3
- Hendry County3
- Palm Beach County3
- Escambia County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Bay County2
- Calhoun County2
- Franklin County2
- Gadsden County2
- Gulf County2
- Holmes County2
- Jackson County2
- Leon County2
- Liberty County2
- Wakulla County2
- Walton County2
- Washington County2
- Brevard County2
- Hardee County2
- Manatee County2
- DeSoto County2
- Glades County2
- Highlands County2
- Indian River County2
- Lee County2
- Martin County2
- Okeechobee County2
- Saint Lucie County2
- Broward County2
- Collier County2
- Jefferson County1
- Alachua County1
- Baker County1
- Bradford County1
- Citrus County1
- Clay County1
- Duval County1
- Flagler County1
- Hernando 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.