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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2011

34 tornado watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
34
Busiest month
September8 tornado watches
Busiest day
September 4, 20114 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, 4:10 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Jan 1, 10:51 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more4 hr
Jan 17, 11:33 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach7 hr
Jan 17, 11:54 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Indian River and 9 more5 hr
Jan 25, 2:07 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay and 28 more7 hr
Jan 25, 8:03 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin and 3 more4 hr
Feb 1, 2:03 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Santa Rosa7 hr
Feb 1, 7:19 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more5 hr
Mar 5, 4:13 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more7 hr
Mar 9, 8:26 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Mar 9, 9:39 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more7 hr
Mar 30, 5:07 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more6 hr
Mar 30, 11:10 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 27 more8 hr
Mar 31, 6:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Flagler, Glades and 25 more7 hr
Mar 31, 12:46 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 15 more7 hr
Apr 4, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Apr 4, 10:28 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 3 more6 hr
Apr 5, 2:41 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 19 more6 hr
Apr 15, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton6 hr
Apr 16, 3:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 11 more7 hr
Sep 3, 2:43 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa8 hr
Sep 3, 10:41 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa12 hr
Sep 3, 10:43 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Sep 4, 6:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more11 hr
Sep 4, 12:41 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more10 hr
Sep 4, 4:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Sep 4, 10:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Sep 5, 6:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more10 hr
Oct 10, 4:26 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 5 more9 hr
Oct 18, 2:21 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Highlands and 8 more8 hr
Oct 18, 9:54 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Highlands and 8 more6 hr
Nov 16, 10:46 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Nov 16, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more7 hr
Dec 22, 11:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 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. September 4, 20114tornado watches
  2. January 1, 20112tornado watches
  3. January 17, 20112tornado watches
  4. March 9, 20112tornado watches
  5. March 30, 20112tornado watches
  6. March 31, 20112tornado watches
  7. April 5, 20112tornado watches
  8. April 16, 20112tornado watches
  9. September 3, 20112tornado watches
  10. September 5, 20112tornado watches
  11. November 16, 20112tornado watches
  12. January 25, 20111tornado 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.