Alert archive / Alabama / 1997
Weather alerts in Alabama, July 1997
102 weather alerts in July 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 July 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 102
- Warnings
- 97
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 28, 199719 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sumter | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 9:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 10 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 9 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 13 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 12 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 3:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Marengo | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 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 | 65 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 27 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mobile County15
- Baldwin County13
- Tuscaloosa County8
- Choctaw County6
- Covington County5
- Jackson County4
- Escambia County4
- Hale County4
- Bibb County4
- Shelby County4
- Greene County4
- Franklin County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Lawrence County3
- Limestone County3
- Madison County3
- Morgan County3
- Walker County3
- Pickens County3
- Barbour County3
- Henry County3
- Bullock County3
- Montgomery County3
- Chilton County3
- Geneva County3
- Houston County3
- Marengo County3
- Randolph County3
- Blount County2
- Cherokee County2
- Colbert County2
- Cullman County2
- DeKalb County2
- Fayette County2
- Lamar County2
- Marion County2
- Marshall County2
- Winston County2
- Pike County2
- Sumter County2
21 more counties
- Jefferson County2
- Lee County2
- Washington County2
- Clarke County2
- Coffee County2
- Conecuh County2
- Dale County2
- Monroe County2
- Russell County2
- Cleburne County2
- Etowah County1
- St. Clair County1
- Lowndes County1
- Talladega County1
- Butler County1
- Crenshaw County1
- Wilcox County1
- Chambers County1
- Calhoun County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Coosa 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.