Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2020
Tornado Watches in Florida, April 2020
10 tornado watches in April 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 April 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest day
- April 23, 20204 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:19 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Brevard, Citrus, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist and 17 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bay County4
- Calhoun County4
- Gulf County4
- Holmes County4
- Jackson County4
- Walton County4
- Washington County4
- Franklin County4
- Gadsden County4
- Hamilton County4
- Jefferson County4
- Leon County4
- Liberty County4
- Madison County4
- Nassau County4
- Wakulla County4
- Escambia County3
- Okaloosa County3
- Santa Rosa County3
- Baker County3
- Columbia County3
- Duval County3
- Lafayette County3
- Suwannee County3
- Taylor County3
- Dixie County3
- Alachua County3
- Gilchrist County3
- Putnam County3
- Bradford County2
- Clay County2
- Flagler County2
- Marion County2
- Saint Johns County2
- Union County2
- Brevard County1
- Citrus County1
- Hardee County1
- Hernando County1
- Hillsborough County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.