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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2003

31 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
31
Busiest month
March7 tornado watches
Busiest day
February 22, 20035 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
Feb 21, 9:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Feb 22, 12:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 3 more6 hr
Feb 22, 1:35 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton5 hr
Feb 22, 6:50 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more5 hr
Feb 22, 11:55 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 6 more5 hr
Feb 27, 5:55 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 13 more5 hr
Mar 13, 9:55 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 10 more6 hr
Mar 18, 8:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Mar 18, 11:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia7 hr
Mar 19, 10:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more6 hr
Mar 20, 3:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton and 7 more5 hr
Mar 20, 2:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more6 hr
Mar 27, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach5 hr
Apr 25, 7:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more6 hr
May 2, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more5 hr
May 18, 12:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 8 more5 hr
Jun 30, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jun 30, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jun 30, 10:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
Jul 1, 2:25 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Jul 1, 10:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 7 more6 hr
Jul 1, 4:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Columbia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jackson and 6 more6 hr
Oct 26, 3:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia5 hr
Oct 26, 7:05 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more5 hr
Oct 28, 11:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 13 more6 hr
Oct 28, 4:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Dixie and 12 more6 hr
Nov 18, 12:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Nov 18, 5:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 3 more5 hr
Nov 18, 10:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more6 hr
Nov 19, 4:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 12 more6 hr
Nov 19, 8:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando and 9 more6 hr

By county

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

14 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 22, 20035tornado watches
  2. July 1, 20034tornado watches
  3. March 20, 20033tornado watches
  4. November 19, 20033tornado watches
  5. March 19, 20032tornado watches
  6. June 30, 20032tornado watches
  7. October 26, 20032tornado watches
  8. October 28, 20032tornado watches
  9. November 18, 20032tornado watches
  10. February 27, 20031tornado watches
  11. March 13, 20031tornado watches
  12. March 27, 20031tornado 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.