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Tornado Watches in Florida, 2026
14 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- March4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 15, 20263 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 11:49 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:17 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval and 10 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:27 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Flagler and 15 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 11:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| May 7, 2:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 11 hr |
| May 7, 10:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Escambia County7
- Okaloosa County7
- Santa Rosa County7
- Bay County6
- Holmes County6
- Jackson County6
- Walton County6
- Washington County6
- Calhoun County5
- Franklin County4
- Gadsden County4
- Gulf County4
- Jefferson County4
- Leon County4
- Liberty County4
- Wakulla County4
- Alachua County3
- Bradford County3
- Clay County3
- Flagler County3
- Levy County3
- Marion County3
- Putnam County3
- Saint Johns County3
- Dixie County2
- Lafayette County2
- Madison County2
- Taylor County2
- Baker County2
- Columbia County2
- Duval County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Hamilton County2
- Nassau County2
- Suwannee County2
- Union County2
- Citrus County2
- Hernando County2
- Pasco County2
- Sumter County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.