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Tropical Storm Watches in Florida, 2018
10 tropical storm watches in 2018. 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 in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tropical Storm Watches
- 10
- Busiest month
- May4 tropical storm watches
- Busiest day
- September 2, 20183 tropical storm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:57 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jefferson and 3 more | 36 hr |
| May 25, 5:28 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 24 hr |
| May 26, 11:36 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | 6 hr | |
| May 26, 11:48 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:06 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | 12 hr | |
| Sep 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | 11 hr | |
| Sep 2, 6:11 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | 11 hr | |
| Oct 8, 5:16 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Lafayette, Madison | 12 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:33 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Pasco and 1 more | 58 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:47 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | JAX | Gilchrist, Suwannee | 30 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hillsborough County2
- Manatee County2
- Pinellas County2
- Bay County1
- Calhoun County1
- Franklin County1
- Gulf County1
- Holmes County1
- Jefferson County1
- Wakulla County1
- Walton County1
- Washington County1
- Escambia County1
- Okaloosa County1
- Santa Rosa County1
- Charlotte County1
- Sarasota County1
- Lafayette County1
- Madison County1
- Citrus County1
- Hernando County1
- Levy County1
- Pasco County1
- Gilchrist County1
- Suwannee County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.