Alert archive / Alabama / 1998
Weather alerts in Alabama, March 1998
162 weather alerts in March 1998, 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 162
- Warnings
- 152
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 8, 199879 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 5, 12:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 1:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 1:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 1:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 4:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 4:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Mar 6, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Mar 6, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 67 min |
| Mar 6, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 48 min |
| Mar 6, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 10:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 116 min |
| Mar 7, 11:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 11:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 12:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 64 min |
| Mar 8, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 12:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 1:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 117 min |
| Mar 8, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 20 min |
| Mar 8, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 2:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 5:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Russell | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 2:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Etowah | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 18 min |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 4:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 18 min |
| Mar 8, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 17 min |
| Mar 8, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 7:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 7:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Winston | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 19 min |
| Mar 19, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone, Morgan | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion | 59 min |
| Mar 19, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 9:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Marshall | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 22 min |
| Mar 19, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 65 min |
| Mar 19, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 11:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Dallas | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 60 min |
| Mar 20, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 79 min |
| Mar 20, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 79 min |
| Mar 20, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 12:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 60 min |
| Mar 20, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 61 min |
| Mar 20, 12:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 63 min |
| Mar 20, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 64 min |
| Mar 20, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 64 min |
| Mar 20, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 63 min |
| Mar 20, 1:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 62 min |
| Mar 20, 1:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 61 min |
| Mar 20, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 63 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 | 111 |
| Tornado Warning | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 32 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County15
- Mobile County14
- Covington County14
- Conecuh County13
- Escambia County12
- Pike County11
- Barbour County10
- Butler County9
- Tallapoosa County8
- Crenshaw County8
- Madison County8
- Jackson County8
- Monroe County7
- Lamar County7
- Pickens County7
- Talladega County7
- Elmore County7
- Randolph County7
- DeKalb County7
- Etowah County7
- Coosa County6
- Lowndes County6
- Coffee County6
- Bullock County6
- Russell County6
- Lee County6
- Marshall County6
- St. Clair County6
- Clarke County5
- Marion County5
- Tuscaloosa County5
- Dale County5
- Geneva County5
- Houston County5
- Autauga County5
- Montgomery County5
- Chambers County5
- Clay County5
- Macon County5
- Morgan County5
26 more counties
- Cullman County5
- Franklin County5
- Fayette County4
- Winston County4
- Henry County4
- Cleburne County4
- Blount County4
- Calhoun County4
- Cherokee County4
- Chilton County4
- Jefferson County4
- Shelby County4
- Wilcox County3
- Washington County3
- Choctaw County3
- Limestone County3
- Colbert County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Walker County3
- Dallas County2
- Lawrence County2
- Bibb County2
- Hale County2
- Perry County2
- Greene County1
- Sumter County1
Nearby
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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.