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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2020

29 tornado watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
29
Busiest month
April10 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 23, 20204 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 11, 8:57 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Jan 11, 3:44 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 4 more5 hr
Feb 6, 4:27 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more9 hr
Feb 6, 12:17 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin and 15 more8 hr
Feb 6, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more7 hr
Feb 6, 9:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 15 more6 hr
Mar 4, 2:53 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa8 hr
Mar 4, 10:16 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington6 hr
Mar 31, 9:51 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more6 hr
Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval and 14 more6 hr
Apr 12, 11:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more8 hr
Apr 13, 3:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton and 9 more8 hr
Apr 19, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
Apr 19, 11:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more10 hr
Apr 20, 2:19 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 9 more9 hr
Apr 23, 5:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more11 hr
Apr 23, 10:52 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCFranklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more6 hr
Apr 23, 3:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more6 hr
Apr 23, 6:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more5 hr
Apr 24, 1:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Brevard, Citrus, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist and 17 more9 hr
Aug 24, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 3 more8 hr
Sep 15, 7:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more11 hr
Sep 15, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more12 hr
Sep 16, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden and 14 more14 hr
Oct 10, 5:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa10 hr
Oct 28, 2:03 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa11 hr
Oct 29, 12:34 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more7 hr
Nov 11, 8:04 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lee and 3 more9 hr
Dec 24, 2:42 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr

By county

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

19 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 23, 20204tornado watches
  2. February 6, 20203tornado watches
  3. April 20, 20203tornado watches
  4. January 11, 20202tornado watches
  5. March 4, 20202tornado watches
  6. March 31, 20202tornado watches
  7. April 13, 20202tornado watches
  8. September 15, 20202tornado watches
  9. February 7, 20201tornado watches
  10. April 24, 20201tornado watches
  11. August 24, 20201tornado watches
  12. September 16, 20201tornado watches

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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.