Weather alerts in Alabama, 1987
162 weather alerts in 1987, 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 in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 162
- Warnings
- 162
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July39 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 15, 198716 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 7:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sumter | 117 min |
| Feb 15, 4:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 100 min |
| Feb 15, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 66 min |
| Feb 15, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 66 min |
| Feb 15, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 9:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 75 min |
| Feb 28, 10:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 60 min |
| Feb 28, 10:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sumter | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Feb 28, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 60 min |
| Feb 28, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 60 min |
| Feb 28, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 64 min |
| Feb 28, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Walker | 60 min |
| Feb 28, 1:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 52 min |
| Feb 28, 1:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Mar 17, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 2:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 58 min |
| Mar 18, 3:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 3:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 10:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 15 min |
| Mar 29, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 57 min |
| Mar 29, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Mar 29, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 55 min |
| May 3, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 60 min |
| May 4, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 55 min |
| May 4, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 35 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 60 min |
| May 9, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 35 min |
| May 10, 1:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| May 11, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 58 min |
| May 12, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| May 14, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 63 min |
| May 21, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 60 min |
| May 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 53 min |
| May 25, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry | 59 min |
| May 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| May 28, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker, Winston | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Elmore | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Montgomery | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dale | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Geneva | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 95 min |
| Aug 13, 8:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 60 min |
| Aug 31, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 53 min |
| Sep 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Sep 10, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 61 min |
| Nov 16, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 61 min |
| Nov 16, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Nov 25, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 28 min |
| Dec 15, 12:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 59 min |
| Dec 15, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 66 min |
| Dec 15, 2:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 56 min |
| Dec 15, 2:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 63 min |
| Dec 15, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 60 min |
| Dec 15, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 60 min |
| Dec 15, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 60 min |
| Dec 15, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 48 min |
| Dec 15, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 61 min |
| Dec 15, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 58 min |
| Dec 15, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 58 min |
| Dec 15, 3:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga | 51 min |
| Dec 15, 3:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 66 min |
| Dec 15, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock | 61 min |
| Dec 15, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock, Pike | 45 min |
| Dec 15, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee | 45 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 141 |
| Tornado Warning | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 10 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mobile County21
- Baldwin County17
- Jefferson County9
- Madison County8
- Cullman County8
- Marion County8
- Morgan County7
- Lamar County7
- Montgomery County6
- Pickens County5
- Tuscaloosa County5
- Escambia County5
- Fayette County5
- Jackson County4
- Walker County4
- Autauga County4
- Conecuh County4
- Marengo County4
- Shelby County4
- Sumter County3
- Chilton County3
- Dallas County3
- Washington County3
- Greene County3
- Colbert County3
- Franklin County3
- Limestone County3
- Marshall County3
- DeKalb County3
- Etowah County3
- Cleburne County3
- Elmore County3
- Covington County3
- Blount County3
- St. Clair County3
- Choctaw County2
- Clarke County2
- Cherokee County2
- Talladega County2
- Bibb County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19861988
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.