Alert archive / Alabama / 1997
Weather alerts in Alabama, April 1997
149 weather alerts in April 1997, 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 April 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 149
- Warnings
- 133
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 22, 199757 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw and 35 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 12:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 71 min |
| Apr 5, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 68 min |
| Apr 21, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Apr 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lawrence | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Monroe | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 58 min |
| Apr 21, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Morgan | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 56 min |
| Apr 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Sumter | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lamar, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw and 34 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon, Tallapoosa | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 69 min |
| Apr 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Etowah | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 59 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 | 117 |
| Tornado Warning | 14 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 8 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County17
- Mobile County13
- Washington County12
- Clarke County12
- Monroe County11
- Lowndes County10
- Conecuh County10
- DeKalb County9
- Limestone County9
- Montgomery County9
- Wilcox County9
- Covington County9
- Choctaw County8
- Etowah County8
- Madison County8
- Crenshaw County8
- Coffee County8
- Dale County8
- Geneva County8
- Henry County8
- Blount County7
- Dallas County7
- Lawrence County7
- Marshall County7
- St. Clair County7
- Butler County7
- Escambia County7
- Houston County7
- Franklin County6
- Calhoun County6
- Colbert County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Shelby County6
- Sumter County6
- Talladega County6
- Winston County6
- Barbour County6
- Pike County6
- Lamar County5
- Marion County5
27 more counties
- Autauga County5
- Clay County5
- Cullman County5
- Elmore County5
- Jackson County5
- Marengo County5
- Morgan County5
- Walker County5
- Bullock County5
- Russell County5
- Jefferson County4
- Macon County4
- Tallapoosa County4
- Bibb County3
- Chilton County3
- Coosa County3
- Greene County3
- Hale County3
- Pickens County3
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Cleburne County3
- Chambers County3
- Cherokee County3
- Lee County3
- Randolph County3
- Fayette County2
- Perry County2
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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.