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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2009

38 tornado watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
38
Busiest month
April11 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 13, 20095 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 6, 11:51 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
Feb 19, 1:58 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more7 hr
Feb 28, 11:39 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more7 hr
Feb 28, 6:43 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Duval and 18 more8 hr
Mar 1, 2:41 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more7 hr
Mar 26, 2:36 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Mar 26, 8:27 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more6 hr
Mar 27, 1:48 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Mar 27, 6:02 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more5 hr
Mar 27, 11:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCDixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more3 hr
Mar 27, 11:09 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Mar 28, 2:17 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 4 more4 hr
Mar 28, 5:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 12 more5 hr
Mar 28, 10:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 11 more8 hr
Apr 2, 7:29 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden and 14 more8 hr
Apr 2, 8:31 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 6 more6 hr
Apr 2, 2:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
Apr 2, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more7 hr
Apr 2, 9:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 18 more9 hr
Apr 13, 12:01 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa4 hr
Apr 13, 3:33 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more7 hr
Apr 13, 10:12 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden and 14 more9 hr
Apr 13, 12:32 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Gilchrist and 5 more6 hr
Apr 13, 6:53 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia and 22 more5 hr
Apr 14, 6:15 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 14 more6 hr
May 4, 3:34 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
May 4, 8:33 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more6 hr
Oct 27, 9:14 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 13 more8 hr
Dec 2, 4:11 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more6 hr
Dec 2, 10:32 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 8 more6 hr
Dec 2, 2:46 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 14 more7 hr
Dec 2, 7:44 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Citrus, Clay, DeSoto, Flagler, Hardee and 16 more8 hr
Dec 5, 12:48 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Hendry, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 2 more8 hr
Dec 5, 8:57 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin and 5 more4 hr
Dec 9, 4:32 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCHolmes, Walton5 hr
Dec 18, 7:19 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and 6 more7 hr
Dec 24, 6:37 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more9 hr
Dec 25, 3:46 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist and 8 more7 hr

By county

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

26 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 13, 20095tornado watches
  2. March 28, 20094tornado watches
  3. April 2, 20094tornado watches
  4. March 27, 20093tornado watches
  5. December 2, 20093tornado watches
  6. February 28, 20092tornado watches
  7. March 26, 20092tornado watches
  8. May 4, 20092tornado watches
  9. December 5, 20092tornado watches
  10. January 7, 20091tornado watches
  11. February 19, 20091tornado watches
  12. March 1, 20091tornado 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.