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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2002
35 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 35
- Busiest month
- November13 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- September 26, 20024 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 10 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 5 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 5, 10:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Nov 5, 1:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 5, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 5, 10:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 8:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 7:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jackson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 12, 7:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 16, 10:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Highlands and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 16, 8:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 13, 6:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 13, 11:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Martin, Palm Beach, Saint Lucie | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 8:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Dixie, Flagler and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Okaloosa County15
- Holmes County15
- Santa Rosa County14
- Bay County14
- Calhoun County14
- Jackson County14
- Walton County14
- Escambia County13
- Washington County13
- Gulf County11
- Jefferson County10
- Madison County9
- Taylor County9
- Gadsden County9
- Leon County9
- Liberty County9
- Wakulla County9
- Lafayette County7
- Columbia County6
- Hamilton County6
- Suwannee County6
- Miami-Dade County5
- Monroe County5
- Broward County5
- Hendry County5
- Baker County4
- Bradford County4
- Nassau County4
- Collier County4
- Glades County4
- Highlands County4
- Martin County4
- Okeechobee County4
- Palm Beach County4
- Saint Lucie County4
- Gilchrist County3
- Union County3
- Franklin County3
- Clay County3
- Charlotte County3
23 more counties
- DeSoto County3
- Lee County3
- Indian River County3
- Dixie County2
- Duval County2
- Sarasota County2
- Brevard County2
- Osceola County2
- Hardee County2
- Lake County2
- Volusia County2
- Alachua County2
- Saint Johns County2
- Orange County1
- Polk County1
- Seminole County1
- Citrus County1
- Flagler County1
- Hernando County1
- Levy County1
- Marion County1
- Putnam County1
- Sumter County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.