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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2006

35 tornado watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
35
Busiest month
January6 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 13, 20063 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 1, 6:14 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Jan 2, 8:10 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 12 more5 hr
Jan 2, 1:23 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Franklin, Gilchrist and 12 more7 hr
Jan 13, 8:11 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more7 hr
Jan 13, 1:03 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson and 7 more8 hr
Jan 13, 4:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 6 more7 hr
Feb 2, 3:10 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa8 hr
Feb 2, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 17 more4 hr
Feb 3, 8:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough and 13 more7 hr
Feb 3, 7:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia and 22 more8 hr
Mar 20, 7:03 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more4 hr
Apr 8, 10:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 13 more7 hr
Apr 8, 1:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more8 hr
Apr 8, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more4 hr
Apr 21, 11:48 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more4 hr
May 10, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more7 hr
May 16, 12:08 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach6 hr
Jun 12, 9:07 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 18 more8 hr
Jun 12, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee and 3 more5 hr
Jun 12, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 5 more5 hr
Jun 12, 9:41 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Dixie, Flagler and 17 more10 hr
Jun 13, 3:42 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 13 more10 hr
Aug 29, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Martin, Miami-Dade and 4 more9 hr
Oct 16, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa8 hr
Oct 17, 2:38 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Oct 27, 12:46 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more6 hr
Oct 27, 8:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie and 9 more5 hr
Nov 15, 5:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Nov 15, 10:54 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more11 hr
Nov 15, 1:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCDixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 4 more9 hr
Nov 15, 7:08 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 6 more8 hr
Nov 15, 11:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando and 18 more3 hr
Nov 16, 3:03 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 15 more8 hr
Dec 25, 6:16 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 18 more7 hr
Dec 25, 10:08 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 16 more7 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. January 13, 20063tornado watches
  2. April 8, 20063tornado watches
  3. June 12, 20063tornado watches
  4. November 15, 20063tornado watches
  5. November 16, 20063tornado watches
  6. January 2, 20062tornado watches
  7. February 2, 20062tornado watches
  8. June 13, 20062tornado watches
  9. December 25, 20062tornado watches
  10. January 1, 20061tornado watches
  11. February 3, 20061tornado watches
  12. February 4, 20061tornado 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.