Tropical Storm Watches in Florida
169 tropical storm watches since 1986. 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 tropical storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Tropical Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tropical Storm Watches
- 169
- Busiest year
- 202419 tropical storm watches
- Average year
- 9over 18 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County30
- Miami-Dade County19
- Broward County18
- Nassau County18
- Gulf County17
- Volusia County17
- Palm Beach County16
- Flagler County15
- Bay County15
- Franklin County15
- Walton County15
- Jefferson County14
- Taylor County14
- Wakulla County14
- Dixie County13
- Pinellas County13
- Collier County12
- Charlotte County12
- DeSoto County11
- Lee County11
- Manatee County11
- Bradford County10
- Hillsborough County10
- Sarasota County10
- Baker County9
- Glades County9
- Lake County9
- Polk County9
- Union County9
- Duval County9
- Levy County9
- Hardee County8
- Hendry County8
- Lafayette County8
- Madison County8
- Citrus County8
- Hernando County8
- Pasco County8
- Highlands County7
- Holmes County7
25 more counties
- Okeechobee County7
- Osceola County7
- Gilchrist County7
- Marion County7
- Orange County6
- Seminole County6
- Sumter County6
- Washington County6
- Suwannee County6
- Escambia County6
- Okaloosa County6
- Santa Rosa County6
- Alachua County6
- Calhoun County5
- Clay County5
- Brevard County5
- Martin County5
- Saint Lucie County5
- Gadsden County4
- Leon County4
- Indian River County4
- Putnam County4
- Jackson County2
- Columbia County2
- Hamilton County2
The latest tropical storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 11:11 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 48 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:00 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 48 hr |
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.