Alert archive / Alabama / 1997
Weather alerts in Alabama, October 1997
89 weather alerts in October 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 October 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 89
- Warnings
- 79
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- October 25, 199742 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 63 min |
| Oct 21, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 69 min |
| Oct 24, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 65 min |
| Oct 24, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 33 min |
| Oct 24, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 49 min |
| Oct 24, 8:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Houston | 50 min |
| Oct 24, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 52 min |
| Oct 25, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cleburne | 6 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 56 min |
| Oct 25, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 42 min |
| Oct 25, 10:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 47 min |
| Oct 25, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 61 min |
| Oct 25, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 63 min |
| Oct 25, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 60 min |
| Oct 25, 11:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 47 min |
| Oct 25, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 65 min |
| Oct 25, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 68 min |
| Oct 25, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 51 min |
| Oct 25, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Marshall | 67 min |
| Oct 25, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 40 min |
| Oct 25, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 61 min |
| Oct 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 52 min |
| Oct 25, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 50 min |
| Oct 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 63 min |
| Oct 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 67 min |
| Oct 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Dale, Henry, Houston and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 60 min |
| Oct 25, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 69 min |
| Oct 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 56 min |
| Oct 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 69 min |
| Oct 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 60 min |
| Oct 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 51 min |
| Oct 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Oct 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Oct 25, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 40 min |
| Oct 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 57 min |
| Oct 25, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 57 min |
| Oct 25, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 40 min |
| Oct 25, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 61 min |
| Oct 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 62 min |
| Oct 25, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 55 min |
| Oct 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 36 min |
| Oct 25, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greene, Jefferson, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 12:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 1:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 68 min |
| Oct 26, 1:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 1:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 66 min |
| Oct 26, 1:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 2:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 55 min |
| Oct 26, 3:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 3:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Oct 26, 3:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 63 min |
| Oct 26, 3:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 4:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 52 min |
| Oct 26, 4:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 4:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 4:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 5:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 49 min |
| Oct 26, 5:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 6:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 53 min |
| Oct 26, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 20 more | 6 hr |
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 | 29 |
| Tornado Warning | 48 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Montgomery County9
- Houston County8
- Dale County7
- Franklin County7
- Butler County7
- Crenshaw County7
- Macon County7
- Clarke County6
- Elmore County6
- Barbour County6
- Lawrence County6
- Wilcox County6
- Pike County6
- Bullock County6
- Russell County6
- Washington County5
- Lowndes County5
- Madison County5
- Marion County5
- Coffee County5
- Conecuh County5
- Escambia County5
- Henry County5
- Lee County5
- Autauga County4
- Blount County4
- Colbert County4
- Etowah County4
- Jefferson County4
- Limestone County4
- Morgan County4
- St. Clair County4
- Winston County4
- Covington County4
- Geneva County4
- Pickens County3
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Calhoun County3
- Cherokee County3
- Cullman County3
23 more counties
- Fayette County3
- Lamar County3
- Marshall County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Randolph County3
- Mobile County3
- Chambers County3
- Greene County2
- Dallas County2
- DeKalb County2
- Cleburne County2
- Jackson County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Talladega County2
- Walker County2
- Choctaw County2
- Baldwin County2
- Monroe County2
- Clay County2
- Coosa County2
- Hale County1
- Marengo County1
- Sumter 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.