Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Florida, November 2002
13 tornado watches in November 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 November 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest day
- November 5, 20023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County7
- Taylor County7
- Jefferson County6
- Leon County6
- Wakulla County6
- Bay County5
- Calhoun County5
- Gadsden County5
- Holmes County5
- Jackson County5
- Liberty County5
- Lafayette County5
- Gulf County4
- Walton County4
- Washington County4
- Columbia County4
- Hamilton County4
- Suwannee County4
- Broward County3
- Miami-Dade County3
- Monroe County3
- Escambia County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Okaloosa County2
- Baker County2
- Nassau County2
- Collier County2
- Glades County2
- Hendry County2
- Highlands County2
- Martin County2
- Okeechobee County2
- Palm Beach County2
- Saint Lucie County2
- Dixie County1
- Franklin County1
- Bradford County1
- Clay County1
- Duval County1
- Union 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. Rebuilt daily.