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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2022
31 tornado watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 31
- Busiest month
- March12 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- September 27, 20223 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 2, 2:17 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:04 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:18 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:06 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:37 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 25 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:33 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:53 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Duval, Nassau | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:26 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:51 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 6, 12:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 8:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Okaloosa and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee | 12 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia | 8 hr |
| Nov 10, 6:02 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, Saint Johns | 7 hr |
| Nov 26, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Nov 30, 5:34 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 6:57 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:02 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:01 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Flagler, Hardee and 17 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bay County14
- Gulf County14
- Jackson County13
- Washington County13
- Calhoun County12
- Escambia County12
- Franklin County11
- Gadsden County11
- Holmes County11
- Liberty County11
- Walton County11
- Leon County10
- Wakulla County10
- Okaloosa County10
- Santa Rosa County10
- Jefferson County9
- Madison County7
- Taylor County7
- Lafayette County6
- Hamilton County5
- Baker County4
- Nassau County4
- Suwannee County4
- Broward County4
- Collier County4
- Hendry County4
- Miami-Dade County4
- Palm Beach County4
- Brevard County4
- Indian River County4
- Okeechobee County4
- Orange County4
- Osceola County4
- Saint Lucie County4
- Seminole County4
- Columbia County3
- Dixie County3
- Duval County3
- Flagler County3
- Hardee County3
27 more counties
- Manatee County3
- Polk County3
- Putnam County3
- Sarasota County3
- Volusia County3
- Martin County3
- Charlotte County3
- DeSoto County3
- Highlands County3
- Citrus County2
- Clay County2
- Hernando County2
- Hillsborough County2
- Lake County2
- Levy County2
- Marion County2
- Pasco County2
- Pinellas County2
- Saint Johns County2
- Sumter County2
- Monroe County2
- Glades County2
- Lee County2
- Gilchrist County1
- Alachua County1
- Bradford County1
- Union 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.