Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Florida, May 2026
4 tornado watches in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- May 7, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Escambia County2
- Okaloosa County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Alachua County1
- Bradford County1
- Brevard County1
- Citrus County1
- Clay County1
- Flagler County1
- Hernando County1
- Hillsborough County1
- Lake County1
- Levy County1
- Marion County1
- Orange County1
- Osceola County1
- Pasco County1
- Pinellas County1
- Polk County1
- Putnam County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Seminole County1
- Sumter County1
- Volusia County1
- Bay County1
- Calhoun County1
- Franklin County1
- Gadsden County1
- Gulf County1
- Holmes County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Leon County1
- Liberty County1
- Wakulla County1
- Walton County1
- Washington 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.