Alert archive / Alabama / 2002
Weather alerts in Alabama, April 2002
100 weather alerts in April 2002, 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 April 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 100
- Warnings
- 90
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 30, 200248 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:28 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Apr 3, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 67 min |
| Apr 8, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 267 days |
| Apr 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 79 min | |
| Apr 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 79 min | |
| Apr 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Apr 12, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 166 days |
| Apr 14, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 112 min | |
| Apr 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 52 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Apr 29, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, St. Clair | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 12 min |
| Apr 30, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 3:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Walker | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Lee, Shelby | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 50 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 | 71 |
| Tornado Warning | 11 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Limestone County8
- Jefferson County8
- Talladega County8
- Franklin County7
- St. Clair County7
- Pickens County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Jackson County6
- Madison County6
- Blount County6
- Calhoun County6
- Cleburne County6
- Colbert County5
- Lawrence County5
- Etowah County5
- Fayette County5
- Marion County5
- Walker County5
- Henry County5
- Baldwin County4
- Mobile County4
- Washington County4
- Tuscaloosa County4
- DeKalb County4
- Cullman County4
- Lamar County4
- Marshall County4
- Morgan County4
- Randolph County4
- Autauga County4
- Clay County4
- Montgomery County4
- Sumter County3
- Hale County3
- Choctaw County3
- Covington County3
- Escambia County3
- Cherokee County3
- Winston County3
- Bibb County3
21 more counties
- Chilton County3
- Lee County3
- Perry County3
- Shelby County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Barbour County3
- Bullock County3
- Greene County2
- Clarke County2
- Conecuh County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Monroe County2
- Wilcox County2
- Chambers County2
- Coosa County2
- Elmore County2
- Marengo County2
- Butler County1
- Macon County1
- Lowndes County1
- Houston 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.