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Tropical Storm Watches in Florida, 2024
19 tropical storm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tropical Storm Watches
- 19
- Busiest month
- August6 tropical storm watches
- Busiest day
- September 24, 20245 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 11:03 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Miami-Dade | 18 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:11 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | Monroe | 48 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:39 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 8 more | 72 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:42 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MLB | Lake | 53 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:02 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 51 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:05 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:05 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | Monroe | 24 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:47 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry, Monroe | 24 hr |
| Sep 24, 5:08 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 24, 5:08 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 24, 5:10 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 24 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:56 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:00 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor and 1 more | 54 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:01 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:03 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | Monroe | 12 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:59 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 2 more | 54 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:07 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 15 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:07 PM EST | Tropical Storm Watch | KEY | Monroe | 18 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:10 PM EST | Tropical Storm Watch | MFL | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County6
- Alachua County3
- Baker County3
- Bradford County3
- Union County3
- Miami-Dade County2
- Charlotte County2
- DeSoto County2
- Hardee County2
- Hillsborough County2
- Lee County2
- Manatee County2
- Polk County2
- Sarasota County2
- Sumter County2
- Lake County2
- Dixie County2
- Franklin County2
- Gulf County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lafayette County2
- Madison County2
- Taylor County2
- Wakulla County2
- Columbia County2
- Gilchrist County2
- Hamilton County2
- Marion County2
- Suwannee County2
- Collier County2
- Glades County2
- Hendry County2
- Martin County2
- Saint Lucie County2
- Citrus County1
- Hernando County1
- Levy County1
- Pasco County1
- Pinellas County1
- Gadsden County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.