Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 1998
Tornado Watches in Florida, March 1998
10 tornado watches in March 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 March 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest day
- March 8, 19986 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Franklin and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 14 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardee County4
- Polk County4
- Bay County4
- Calhoun County4
- Escambia County4
- Gulf County4
- Holmes County4
- Jackson County4
- Okaloosa County4
- Santa Rosa County4
- Walton County4
- Washington County4
- Baker County4
- Columbia County4
- Hamilton County4
- Suwannee County4
- Union County4
- Charlotte County3
- Collier County3
- DeSoto County3
- Glades County3
- Hendry County3
- Hernando County3
- Highlands County3
- Hillsborough County3
- Lee County3
- Manatee County3
- Pasco County3
- Pinellas County3
- Sumter County3
- Franklin County3
- Gadsden County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lafayette County3
- Leon County3
- Liberty County3
- Madison County3
- Taylor County3
- Wakulla County3
- Bradford County3
26 more counties
- Clay County3
- Duval County3
- Nassau County3
- Citrus County2
- Sarasota County2
- Brevard County2
- Broward County2
- Indian River County2
- Martin County2
- Okeechobee County2
- Orange County2
- Osceola County2
- Palm Beach County2
- Saint Lucie County2
- Alachua County2
- Dixie County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Seminole County1
- Flagler County1
- Lake County1
- Levy County1
- Marion County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe 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. Rebuilt daily.