Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Florida, 2015
12 tornado watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- April4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- November 18, 20153 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 4, 11:37 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:39 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:08 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Columbia, Duval, Franklin, Gadsden and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 9:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Escambia County7
- Bay County6
- Calhoun County6
- Gulf County6
- Okaloosa County6
- Santa Rosa County6
- Leon County5
- Wakulla County5
- Franklin County5
- Gadsden County5
- Liberty County5
- Holmes County5
- Jackson County5
- Walton County5
- Washington County5
- Jefferson County4
- Lafayette County4
- Madison County4
- Taylor County4
- Baker County3
- Columbia County3
- Dixie County3
- Hamilton County3
- Nassau County3
- Suwannee County3
- Gilchrist County2
- Duval County2
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.