Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2005
Tornado Watches in Florida, March 2005
16 tornado watches in March 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 March 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 16
- Busiest day
- March 27, 20056 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gadsden County8
- Jackson County8
- Jefferson County8
- Lafayette County8
- Leon County8
- Liberty County8
- Wakulla County8
- Calhoun County7
- Columbia County7
- Gilchrist County7
- Gulf County7
- Hamilton County7
- Madison County7
- Suwannee County7
- Taylor County7
- Bay County6
- Holmes County6
- Washington County6
- Franklin County5
- Escambia County5
- Okaloosa County5
- Santa Rosa County5
- Walton County5
- Union County5
- Alachua County4
- Baker County4
- Dixie County3
- Marion County3
- Putnam County3
- Duval County3
- Nassau County3
- Citrus County2
- Flagler County2
- Hardee County2
- Hernando County2
- Hillsborough County2
- Lake County2
- Manatee County2
- Orange County2
- Osceola County2
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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.