Alert archive / Alabama / 1997
Weather alerts in Alabama, March 1997
97 weather alerts in March 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 March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 85
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 3, 199725 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Sumter | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 11:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Mar 2, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 55 min |
| Mar 3, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 61 min |
| Mar 3, 12:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 12:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 12:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 59 min |
| Mar 3, 12:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 18 min |
| Mar 3, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 58 min |
| Mar 3, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 69 min |
| Mar 3, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Morgan | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 2:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 57 min |
| Mar 3, 2:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 2:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 2:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 2:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 3:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Elmore and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 65 min |
| Mar 5, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 12:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone | 67 min |
| Mar 5, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 55 min |
| Mar 5, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 47 min |
| Mar 5, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Marshall | 55 min |
| Mar 5, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 68 min |
| Mar 13, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 1:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Coffee, Coosa and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 6:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 7:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 4:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cleburne | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 66 min |
| Mar 29, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 1:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 1:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 1:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 20 min |
| Mar 29, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 2:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 69 min |
| Mar 29, 9:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 36 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 | 69 |
| Tornado Warning | 14 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Colbert County11
- Lauderdale County11
- Franklin County8
- Lawrence County8
- Elmore County8
- Macon County8
- Limestone County7
- Montgomery County7
- Blount County6
- Marion County6
- Madison County6
- Morgan County6
- Tallapoosa County6
- Russell County6
- Coosa County5
- Fayette County5
- St. Clair County5
- Etowah County5
- Lee County5
- Jefferson County4
- Lamar County4
- Lowndes County4
- Talladega County4
- Walker County4
- Cherokee County4
- Cullman County4
- DeKalb County4
- Jackson County4
- Marshall County4
- Winston County4
- Calhoun County4
- Clay County4
- Cleburne County4
- Randolph County4
- Bullock County4
- Choctaw County3
- Autauga County3
- Clarke County3
- Wilcox County3
- Chambers County3
24 more counties
- Barbour County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Monroe County3
- Butler County3
- Sumter County2
- Dallas County2
- Pickens County2
- Shelby County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Coffee County2
- Covington County2
- Dale County2
- Geneva County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Pike County2
- Bibb County1
- Chilton County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Marengo County1
- Perry County1
- Mobile County1
- Conecuh 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.