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Tropical Storm Watches in Florida, 2020
18 tropical storm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tropical Storm Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- November6 tropical storm watches
- Busiest day
- September 12, 20204 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 5:00 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 48 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:04 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MLB | Volusia | 30 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:05 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau | 36 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | 22 hr | |
| Aug 22, 4:58 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | Monroe | 36 hr |
| Sep 11, 5:21 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 41 hr |
| Sep 11, 8:33 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | 40 hr | |
| Sep 11, 10:49 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 66 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:19 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | 13 hr | |
| Sep 12, 5:16 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 66 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:26 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 14 hr |
| Oct 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 12 hr |
| Nov 6, 10:04 PM EST | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 6, 10:23 PM EST | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | Monroe | 12 hr |
| Nov 7, 4:08 AM EST | Tropical Storm Watch | MLB | Okeechobee, Volusia | 5 days |
| Nov 7, 10:43 AM EST | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 7 more | 4 days |
| Nov 10, 9:59 PM EST | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 30 hr |
| Nov 11, 4:15 AM EST | Tropical Storm Watch | JAX | Bradford, Flagler | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Broward County3
- Miami-Dade County3
- Palm Beach County3
- Monroe County3
- Volusia County2
- Flagler County2
- Walton County2
- Escambia County2
- Okaloosa County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Duval County1
- Nassau County1
- Bay County1
- Franklin County1
- Gulf County1
- Holmes County1
- Collier County1
- Glades County1
- Hendry County1
- Okeechobee County1
- Charlotte County1
- Citrus County1
- DeSoto County1
- Hardee County1
- Hernando County1
- Highlands County1
- Hillsborough County1
- Lee County1
- Levy County1
- Manatee County1
- Pasco County1
- Pinellas County1
- Sarasota County1
- Dixie County1
- Taylor County1
- Bradford 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.