Alert archive / Alabama / 1997
Weather alerts in Alabama, February 1997
65 weather alerts in February 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 February 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 65
- Warnings
- 60
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- February 21, 199745 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 68 min |
| Feb 21, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Lamar and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 5:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 69 min |
| Feb 21, 5:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 6:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 55 min |
| Feb 21, 6:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 64 min |
| Feb 21, 6:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 6:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 6:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 62 min |
| Feb 21, 6:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 58 min |
| Feb 21, 6:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 6:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 64 min |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 7:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 50 min |
| Feb 21, 7:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 7:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 54 min |
| Feb 21, 7:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 51 min |
| Feb 21, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 53 min |
| Feb 21, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 67 min |
| Feb 21, 8:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 8:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Feb 21, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 69 min |
| Feb 21, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 9:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 9:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 66 min |
| Feb 21, 9:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 9:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 55 min |
| Feb 21, 9:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 33 min |
| Feb 21, 10:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 42 min |
| Feb 21, 10:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 64 min |
| Feb 21, 10:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 10:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 10:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 10:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| Feb 21, 10:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 11:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 29 min |
| Feb 21, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 45 min |
| Feb 27, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 57 min |
| Feb 27, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 58 min |
| Feb 27, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 64 min |
| Feb 27, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 69 min |
| Feb 27, 2:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 60 min |
| Feb 27, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Morgan | 62 min |
| Feb 28, 7:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 54 min |
| Feb 28, 8:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 8:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 8:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 8:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 9:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 9:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 47 min |
| Feb 28, 9:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 47 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 | 47 |
| Tornado Warning | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County7
- Colbert County6
- Lauderdale County5
- Bibb County5
- Washington County5
- Franklin County5
- Lamar County5
- Limestone County5
- Morgan County5
- Tuscaloosa County5
- Clarke County4
- Cullman County4
- Madison County4
- Marion County4
- Pickens County4
- Walker County4
- Winston County4
- Clay County4
- Coosa County4
- Tallapoosa County4
- Greene County3
- Fayette County3
- Jefferson County3
- Shelby County3
- Randolph County3
- Talladega County3
- Monroe County3
- Wilcox County3
- Autauga County3
- Chambers County3
- Elmore County3
- Lowndes County3
- Mobile County3
- Montgomery County3
- Choctaw County2
- Hale County2
- Marengo County2
- Perry County2
- Blount County2
- Calhoun County2
27 more counties
- Cherokee County2
- Cleburne County2
- Etowah County2
- Jackson County2
- Dallas County2
- Lee County2
- Sumter County1
- DeKalb County1
- Marshall County1
- St. Clair County1
- Baldwin County1
- Barbour County1
- Bullock County1
- Butler County1
- Chilton County1
- Coffee County1
- Conecuh County1
- Covington County1
- Crenshaw County1
- Dale County1
- Escambia County1
- Geneva County1
- Henry County1
- Houston County1
- Macon County1
- Pike County1
- Russell County1
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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.