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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2005
51 tornado watches in 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 51
- Busiest month
- March16 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 27, 20056 tornado watches
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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 13, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington | 5 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hernando and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:10 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hardee and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 7:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:05 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Columbia, Dixie, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 9:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:05 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Nassau, Union | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Escambia, Franklin and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:05 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Martin and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 13 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Calhoun and 39 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Holmes | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Dixie and 21 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 10 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 12 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 9 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 9:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 24 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:18 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 28, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 5, 12:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee, Union | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 10:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:56 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 13 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Santa Rosa County22
- Okaloosa County21
- Holmes County19
- Walton County19
- Escambia County18
- Washington County18
- Jackson County18
- Calhoun County17
- Bay County16
- Gadsden County16
- Jefferson County16
- Leon County16
- Liberty County16
- Wakulla County16
- Lafayette County15
- Gilchrist County14
- Madison County14
- Taylor County14
- Columbia County13
- Gulf County13
- Hamilton County13
- Suwannee County13
- Sumter County12
- Hardee County11
- Hillsborough County11
- Manatee County11
- Union County11
- Collier County11
- Hernando County10
- Pasco County10
- Polk County10
- Dixie County10
- Franklin County10
- Monroe County10
- Charlotte County9
- DeSoto County9
- Glades County9
- Highlands County9
- Lake County9
- Lee County9
27 more counties
- Sarasota County9
- Alachua County9
- Marion County9
- Baker County9
- Hendry County9
- Miami-Dade County9
- Citrus County8
- Orange County7
- Osceola County7
- Seminole County7
- Volusia County7
- Pinellas County7
- Putnam County7
- Broward County7
- Brevard County6
- Okeechobee County6
- Levy County6
- Bradford County6
- Clay County6
- Nassau County6
- Palm Beach County6
- Indian River County5
- Saint Lucie County5
- Duval County5
- Martin County5
- Flagler County4
- Saint Johns County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.