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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2017

33 tornado watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
33
Busiest month
January13 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 22, 20175 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 2, 12:22 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Jan 2, 4:46 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more8 hr
Jan 2, 10:27 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCHamilton, Jefferson, Madison3 hr
Jan 7, 12:33 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCitrus, Dixie, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee and 5 more4 hr
Jan 21, 4:56 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton8 hr
Jan 21, 9:04 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more6 hr
Jan 21, 2:12 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 3 more5 hr
Jan 21, 7:51 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPCEscambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more8 hr
Jan 22, 3:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 4 more9 hr
Jan 22, 9:06 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more5 hr
Jan 22, 12:47 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 27 more7 hr
Jan 22, 4:35 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPCBrevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 12 more5 hr
Jan 22, 9:57 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 15 more8 hr
Feb 7, 12:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Apr 3, 8:06 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
Apr 3, 1:32 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 6 more6 hr
Apr 5, 7:54 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more8 hr
Apr 5, 12:54 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 3 more10 hr
Apr 6, 12:15 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 22 more6 hr
May 23, 10:10 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton and 9 more8 hr
May 23, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCHamilton8 hr
May 24, 6:56 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus and 30 more8 hr
May 24, 11:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee10 hr
Jun 20, 11:24 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more12 hr
Jun 21, 11:01 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Jun 21, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more8 hr
Jun 22, 3:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa10 hr
Sep 9, 12:09 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and 3 more12 hr
Sep 9, 11:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 13 more12 hr
Sep 10, 12:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus and 36 more13 hr
Sep 10, 11:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 5 more14 hr
Oct 7, 8:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Oct 8, 2:41 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more8 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. January 22, 20175tornado watches
  2. January 21, 20173tornado watches
  3. June 21, 20173tornado watches
  4. January 2, 20172tornado watches
  5. April 3, 20172tornado watches
  6. April 5, 20172tornado watches
  7. May 23, 20172tornado watches
  8. May 24, 20172tornado watches
  9. September 10, 20172tornado watches
  10. October 8, 20172tornado watches
  11. January 3, 20171tornado watches
  12. January 7, 20171tornado 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.