Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2003
Tornado Watches in Florida, March 2003
7 tornado watches in March 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 March 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- March 20, 20033 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hamilton County3
- Columbia County2
- Escambia County2
- Okaloosa County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Bay County2
- Calhoun County2
- Gulf County2
- Jackson County2
- Gadsden County2
- Jefferson County2
- Leon County2
- Liberty County2
- Madison County2
- Alachua County1
- Baker County1
- Bradford County1
- Clay County1
- Dixie County1
- Duval County1
- Flagler County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Lafayette County1
- Nassau County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Suwannee County1
- Union County1
- Holmes County1
- Walton County1
- Washington County1
- Franklin County1
- Taylor County1
- Wakulla County1
- Broward County1
- Collier County1
- Hendry County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe County1
- Palm Beach 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.