Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2024
Tornado Watches in Florida, April 2024
5 tornado watches in April 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 April 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20242 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:51 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:32 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 24 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baker County2
- Calhoun County2
- Columbia County2
- Dixie County2
- Franklin County2
- Gadsden County2
- Gulf County2
- Hamilton County2
- Lafayette County2
- Leon County2
- Liberty County2
- Suwannee County2
- Wakulla County2
- Alachua County2
- Bradford County2
- Citrus County2
- Clay County2
- Duval County2
- Flagler County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Hernando County2
- Lake County2
- Levy County2
- Marion County2
- Nassau County2
- Orange County2
- Pasco County2
- Putnam County2
- Saint Johns County2
- Seminole County2
- Sumter County2
- Union County2
- Volusia County2
- Jefferson County1
- Madison County1
- Taylor County1
- Escambia County1
- Okaloosa County1
- Santa Rosa County1
- Bay 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.