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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2000

25 tornado watches in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
25
Busiest month
March6 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 30, 20003 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 10, 2:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more5 hr
Feb 13, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more7 hr
Feb 13, 11:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more6 hr
Feb 14, 3:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Madison, Nassau and 1 more6 hr
Mar 16, 9:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more6 hr
Mar 16, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more6 hr
Mar 19, 1:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more6 hr
Mar 29, 7:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 12 more6 hr
Mar 30, 12:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon and 3 more6 hr
Mar 30, 5:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 18 more5 hr
Apr 3, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Santa Rosa6 hr
Apr 3, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton5 hr
Apr 24, 7:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more4 hr
Apr 24, 12:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson and 7 more5 hr
Apr 24, 1:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Nassau6 hr
Sep 17, 4:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and 6 more7 hr
Sep 17, 8:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 2 more3 hr
Sep 17, 11:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus and 35 more9 hr
Nov 9, 1:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Santa Rosa5 hr
Nov 9, 5:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more6 hr
Nov 9, 11:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 5 more5 hr
Nov 24, 10:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
Dec 16, 11:45 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more5 hr
Dec 16, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCHolmes, Jackson6 hr
Dec 16, 6:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more4 hr

By county

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

25 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 30, 20003tornado watches
  2. April 24, 20003tornado watches
  3. September 17, 20003tornado watches
  4. November 9, 20003tornado watches
  5. December 16, 20003tornado watches
  6. February 14, 20002tornado watches
  7. March 16, 20002tornado watches
  8. April 3, 20002tornado watches
  9. January 10, 20001tornado watches
  10. February 13, 20001tornado watches
  11. March 19, 20001tornado watches
  12. November 24, 20001tornado watches

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.