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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2021
30 tornado watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- February6 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 18, 20213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 4:21 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Flagler, Gilchrist and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:58 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:49 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 18, 12:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:53 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:42 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:23 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:22 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee | 7 hr |
| May 4, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:33 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Gilchrist and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:46 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:33 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:07 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 13 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 11 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 10 hr |
| Oct 27, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| Oct 28, 12:21 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 28, 9:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus and 35 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:22 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 4 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Okaloosa County11
- Calhoun County10
- Santa Rosa County10
- Bay County9
- Gulf County9
- Jackson County9
- Liberty County9
- Escambia County9
- Franklin County8
- Gadsden County8
- Leon County8
- Wakulla County8
- Walton County8
- Washington County8
- Holmes County7
- Jefferson County7
- Madison County7
- Taylor County7
- Bradford County6
- Clay County6
- Putnam County6
- Saint Johns County6
- Union County6
- Baker County6
- Columbia County6
- Duval County6
- Hamilton County6
- Nassau County6
- Alachua County5
- Gilchrist County5
- Hardee County5
- Manatee County5
- Sarasota County5
- Dixie County5
- Lafayette County5
- Suwannee County5
- Citrus County4
- Flagler County4
- Hernando County4
- Lake County4
27 more counties
- Levy County4
- Marion County4
- Orange County4
- Seminole County4
- Sumter County4
- Volusia County4
- Hillsborough County4
- Osceola County4
- Pinellas County4
- Polk County4
- Charlotte County4
- DeSoto County4
- Highlands County4
- Lee County4
- Pasco County3
- Collier County3
- Glades County3
- Hendry County3
- Okeechobee County3
- Brevard County2
- Broward County1
- Martin County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe County1
- Palm Beach County1
- Saint Lucie County1
- Indian River County1
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.