Alert archive

Weather alerts in Alabama

88,250 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
88,250
Warnings
43,240
Watches
3,270
Advisories
10,146
Busiest year
20235,113 alerts
Average year
2,152over 41 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 product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Extreme Wind Warning1
Severe Thunderstorm Warning23,196
Tornado Warning5,864
Severe Thunderstorm Watch613
Tornado Watch1,008
Mesoscale Discussion3,731
Special Weather Statement27,247
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning939
Flash Flood Warning3,428
Hydrologic Warning1
River Flood Warning2,060
Flash Flood Watch380
Flood Watch150
River Flood Watch18
Areal Flood Advisory4,626
River Flood Advisory78
Winter
Heavy Snow Warning4
Ice Storm Warning6
Winter Storm Warning61
Winter Storm Watch54
Freezing Rain Advisory19
Snow Advisory9
Winter Weather Advisory182
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning66
Extreme Heat Warning8
Excessive Heat Watch34
Extreme Heat Watch1
Heat Advisory594
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning13
Freeze Warning446
Hard Freeze Warning168
Wind Chill Warning6
Extreme Cold Watch9
Freeze Watch247
Hard Freeze Watch106
Wind Chill Watch3
Cold Weather Advisory50
Frost Advisory233
Wind Chill Advisory97
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning27
High Wind Watch2
Lake Wind Advisory235
Wind Advisory764
Fire
Red Flag Warning787
Fire Weather Watch502
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory1,571
Dense Smoke Advisory3
Freezing Fog Advisory23
Tropical
Hurricane Warning13
Inland Hurricane Warning1
Inland Tropical Storm Warning8
Storm Surge Warning5
Tropical Storm Warning56
Hurricane Watch14
Inland Hurricane Watch1
Inland Tropical Storm Watch3
Storm Surge Watch10
Tropical Storm Watch33
Hurricane Local Statement8
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning23
High Surf Warning30
Coastal Flood Watch13
Coastal Flood Advisory74
High Surf Advisory136
Coastal Flood Statement18
Rip Current Statement469
Marine
Gale Warning124
Special Marine Warning5,897
Storm Warning2
Gale Watch65
Hurricane Force Wind Watch1
Storm Watch3
Low Water Advisory1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory394
Small Craft Advisory1,049
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas6
Small Craft Advisory for Winds2
Marine Weather Statement121

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

27 more counties

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Sep 22, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB81 min
Sep 22, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison, Marshall36 min
Sep 22, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison, Morgan24 min
Sep 22, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Marshall17 min
Sep 22, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB36 min
Sep 22, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson42 min
Sep 22, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone65 min
Sep 22, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Sep 21, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Sep 21, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Sep 21, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile40 min

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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. Rebuilt daily.