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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2023

22 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest month
January6 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 4, 20232 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 4, 3:59 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more7 hr
Jan 4, 8:36 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 15 more9 hr
Jan 12, 11:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Jan 12, 3:36 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington6 hr
Jan 24, 10:32 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa8 hr
Jan 25, 4:03 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more8 hr
Mar 12, 1:04 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Duval and 17 more7 hr
Apr 3, 5:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Apr 3, 10:51 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCGadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Madison6 hr
Apr 13, 6:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 10 more7 hr
Apr 29, 3:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, DeSoto and 27 more6 hr
Apr 30, 5:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus and 35 more7 hr
Jun 14, 4:21 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCNassau6 hr
Jun 14, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more5 hr
Jun 15, 6:52 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more9 hr
Jun 15, 10:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more6 hr
Aug 29, 8:28 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Dixie, Gilchrist and 20 more10 hr
Aug 30, 5:38 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 27 more12 hr
Oct 12, 12:49 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 27 more8 hr
Oct 12, 8:48 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 22 more6 hr
Dec 10, 1:58 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more9 hr
Dec 10, 11:16 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie and 12 more6 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 4, 20232tornado watches
  2. January 12, 20232tornado watches
  3. January 25, 20232tornado watches
  4. April 3, 20232tornado watches
  5. June 14, 20232tornado watches
  6. June 15, 20232tornado watches
  7. August 30, 20232tornado watches
  8. October 12, 20232tornado watches
  9. December 10, 20232tornado watches
  10. March 12, 20231tornado watches
  11. April 13, 20231tornado watches
  12. April 29, 20231tornado 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.