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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2013
15 tornado watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- April5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 25, 20132 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 30, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:26 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 12:59 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:49 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:42 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:42 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte and 38 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 26, 9:54 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:01 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie and 18 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County8
- Franklin County7
- Taylor County7
- Wakulla County7
- Calhoun County6
- Columbia County6
- Dixie County6
- Gadsden County6
- Gilchrist County6
- Gulf County6
- Jackson County6
- Lafayette County6
- Leon County6
- Liberty County6
- Madison County6
- Hillsborough County6
- Polk County6
- Hamilton County5
- Suwannee County5
- Alachua County5
- Baker County5
- Bradford County5
- Levy County5
- Marion County5
- Union County5
- Bay County5
- Washington County5
- Brevard County5
- Citrus County5
- Hernando County5
- Indian River County5
- Manatee County5
- Osceola County5
- Pasco County5
- Pinellas County5
- Sarasota County5
- Sumter County5
- Clay County4
- Duval County4
- Flagler County4
27 more counties
- Nassau County4
- Putnam County4
- Saint Johns County4
- Holmes County4
- Walton County4
- Charlotte County4
- DeSoto County4
- Hardee County4
- Highlands County4
- Lake County4
- Lee County4
- Okeechobee County4
- Orange County4
- Seminole County4
- Escambia County3
- Santa Rosa County3
- Volusia County3
- Broward County3
- Collier County3
- Glades County3
- Hendry County3
- Martin County3
- Miami-Dade County3
- Palm Beach County3
- Saint Lucie County3
- Okaloosa County2
- Monroe County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.