Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2024
Tornado Watches in Florida, January 2024
6 tornado watches in January 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 January 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- January 9, 20244 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 8, 9:42 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 9, 7:07 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:10 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 5 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bay County3
- Calhoun County3
- Gulf County3
- Jackson County3
- Washington County3
- Holmes County2
- Walton County2
- Franklin County2
- Gadsden County2
- Jefferson County2
- Leon County2
- Liberty County2
- Wakulla County2
- Escambia County1
- Okaloosa County1
- Santa Rosa County1
- Columbia County1
- Dixie County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Hamilton County1
- Lafayette County1
- Madison County1
- Suwannee County1
- Taylor County1
- Alachua County1
- Baker County1
- Bradford County1
- Clay County1
- Duval County1
- Flagler County1
- Marion County1
- Nassau County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Union County1
- Brevard County1
- Charlotte County1
- Citrus County1
- DeSoto County1
- Hardee County1
24 more counties
- Hernando County1
- Highlands County1
- Hillsborough County1
- Lake County1
- Lee County1
- Levy County1
- Manatee County1
- Orange County1
- Osceola County1
- Pasco County1
- Pinellas County1
- Polk County1
- Sarasota County1
- Seminole County1
- Sumter County1
- Volusia County1
- Collier County1
- Glades County1
- Hendry County1
- Indian River County1
- Martin County1
- Okeechobee County1
- Palm Beach County1
- Saint Lucie 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.