Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Florida, March 2026
4 tornado watches in March 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 March 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- March 16, 20263 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bay County2
- Calhoun County2
- Escambia County2
- Franklin County2
- Gadsden County2
- Gulf County2
- Holmes County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Leon County2
- Liberty County2
- Okaloosa County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Wakulla County2
- Walton County2
- Washington County2
- Columbia County1
- Dixie County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Hamilton County1
- Lafayette County1
- Madison County1
- Suwannee County1
- Taylor County1
- Alachua County1
- Baker County1
- Bradford County1
- Citrus County1
- Clay County1
- Duval County1
- Flagler County1
- Hernando County1
- Levy County1
- Marion County1
- Nassau County1
- Pasco County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Sumter County1
- Union County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.