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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2004

40 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
40
Busiest month
September18 tornado watches
Busiest day
September 6, 20045 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 26, 5:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more6 hr
Jan 26, 10:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more6 hr
Feb 6, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette and 6 more5 hr
Feb 24, 10:25 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Marion and 8 more6 hr
Apr 13, 2:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach5 hr
Apr 29, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia6 hr
Apr 29, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more5 hr
May 31, 11:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more6 hr
May 31, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more4 hr
May 31, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 5 more4 hr
Aug 12, 8:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more5 hr
Aug 12, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 30 more7 hr
Aug 12, 9:35 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and 4 more10 hr
Aug 13, 7:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 15 more10 hr
Aug 13, 1:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier and 29 more12 hr
Sep 4, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Brevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Dixie, Flagler and 25 more12 hr
Sep 5, 6:10 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 26 more8 hr
Sep 5, 1:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 24 more7 hr
Sep 5, 8:35 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 21 more9 hr
Sep 6, 4:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 11 more9 hr
Sep 6, 7:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 21 more6 hr
Sep 6, 1:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 38 more7 hr
Sep 6, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam and 1 more9 hr
Sep 15, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more10 hr
Sep 15, 4:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more10 hr
Sep 16, 2:10 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more9 hr
Sep 16, 6:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison and 2 more5 hr
Sep 16, 10:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist and 14 more10 hr
Sep 25, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Flagler, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River and 12 more8 hr
Sep 25, 11:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and 14 more7 hr
Sep 26, 4:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 22 more12 hr
Sep 26, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more9 hr
Sep 27, 12:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Madison, Nassau and 2 more8 hr
Oct 19, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCHolmes, Jackson7 hr
Oct 19, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCHolmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington4 hr
Nov 24, 6:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Santa Rosa6 hr
Nov 24, 9:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more6 hr
Nov 24, 2:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson and 6 more4 hr
Dec 9, 11:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCJackson4 hr
Dec 22, 8:05 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more6 hr

By county

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

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. September 6, 20045tornado watches
  2. May 31, 20043tornado watches
  3. August 13, 20043tornado watches
  4. September 16, 20043tornado watches
  5. September 26, 20043tornado watches
  6. November 24, 20043tornado watches
  7. January 26, 20042tornado watches
  8. August 12, 20042tornado watches
  9. September 5, 20042tornado watches
  10. September 15, 20042tornado watches
  11. October 19, 20042tornado watches
  12. February 6, 20041tornado 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.