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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2008
52 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 52
- Busiest month
- August15 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 17, 20083 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:34 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:04 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:34 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:18 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus and 34 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 30 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 17, 6:26 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:57 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:56 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:59 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:48 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| May 11, 5:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Duval, Franklin and 16 more | 8 hr |
| May 11, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Nassau and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 9:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Columbia and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Flagler, Indian River, Orange, Osceola, Putnam and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 11 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dixie, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 2:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:28 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:36 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Monroe | 9 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 14, 7:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:59 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 9:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 7:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:48 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 31 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gulf County19
- Santa Rosa County19
- Calhoun County18
- Okaloosa County18
- Wakulla County18
- Escambia County18
- Bay County17
- Franklin County17
- Jackson County17
- Jefferson County17
- Leon County17
- Holmes County16
- Liberty County16
- Walton County16
- Washington County16
- Madison County16
- Gadsden County15
- Taylor County14
- Lafayette County13
- Dixie County12
- Volusia County11
- Osceola County11
- Columbia County11
- Hamilton County11
- Suwannee County11
- Lake County10
- Levy County10
- Orange County10
- Saint Johns County10
- Seminole County10
- Brevard County10
- Baker County10
- Citrus County9
- Flagler County9
- Marion County9
- Putnam County9
- Indian River County9
- Polk County9
- Gilchrist County9
- Alachua County8
27 more counties
- Hernando County8
- Hillsborough County8
- Pasco County8
- Pinellas County8
- Sumter County8
- Collier County8
- Glades County8
- Hendry County8
- Okeechobee County8
- Palm Beach County8
- Nassau County8
- DeSoto County7
- Duval County7
- Hardee County7
- Highlands County7
- Martin County7
- Saint Lucie County7
- Union County7
- Bradford County6
- Broward County6
- Charlotte County6
- Clay County6
- Lee County6
- Manatee County6
- Miami-Dade County6
- Monroe County6
- Sarasota County6
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.