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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2024

36 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
36
Busiest month
May7 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 9, 20244 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 8, 9:42 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more11 hr
Jan 9, 7:07 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 15 more7 hr
Jan 9, 11:41 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 5 more6 hr
Jan 9, 1:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando and 15 more7 hr
Jan 9, 7:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCCollier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and 2 more4 hr
Jan 27, 2:10 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 5 more4 hr
Feb 4, 7:12 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade and 2 more6 hr
Feb 12, 2:41 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more7 hr
Feb 12, 10:01 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more4 hr
Mar 9, 3:05 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more4 hr
Mar 9, 6:42 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden and 12 more9 hr
Mar 22, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe6 hr
Apr 3, 5:51 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 10 more7 hr
Apr 3, 10:43 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 14 more6 hr
Apr 10, 10:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Apr 10, 2:12 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more7 hr
Apr 11, 7:32 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 24 more7 hr
May 9, 1:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCDuval, Nassau7 hr
May 13, 11:53 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more7 hr
May 14, 2:47 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more5 hr
May 14, 6:26 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 13 more6 hr
May 15, 2:47 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake and 13 more8 hr
May 17, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more6 hr
May 17, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Gadsden, Hamilton and 8 more5 hr
Aug 4, 10:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay and 40 more9 hr
Aug 4, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 31 more10 hr
Aug 5, 5:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 23 more12 hr
Sep 11, 11:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton8 hr
Sep 12, 6:53 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more7 hr
Sep 26, 6:42 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 27 more13 hr
Sep 26, 10:49 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 24 more11 hr
Sep 26, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus and 35 more9 hr
Oct 9, 8:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 24 more13 hr
Dec 28, 7:34 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa9 hr
Dec 29, 1:54 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more7 hr
Dec 29, 8:34 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 13 more5 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 9, 20244tornado watches
  2. September 26, 20243tornado watches
  3. December 29, 20243tornado watches
  4. February 12, 20242tornado watches
  5. March 9, 20242tornado watches
  6. April 3, 20242tornado watches
  7. April 10, 20242tornado watches
  8. May 14, 20242tornado watches
  9. May 17, 20242tornado watches
  10. August 4, 20242tornado watches
  11. September 12, 20242tornado watches
  12. January 10, 20241tornado 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.