Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2023
Tornado Watches in Florida, January 2023
6 tornado watches in January 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 January 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- January 4, 20232 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:59 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:36 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 12, 11:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:36 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:03 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Escambia County3
- Holmes County3
- Jackson County3
- Okaloosa County3
- Santa Rosa County3
- Walton County3
- Washington County3
- Bay County2
- Calhoun County2
- Gadsden County2
- Gulf County2
- Liberty County2
- Franklin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Leon County2
- Wakulla County2
- Alachua County1
- Baker County1
- Bradford County1
- Clay County1
- Columbia County1
- Duval County1
- Flagler County1
- Hamilton County1
- Lafayette County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Nassau County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Suwannee County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
Nearby
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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.