Weather alerts in Alabama, 2006
1,585 weather alerts in 2006, 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,585
- Warnings
- 1,138
- Watches
- 99
- Advisories
- 162
- Busiest month
- April379 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 8, 200696 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
1,585 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 836 |
| Tornado Warning | 181 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 31 |
| Tornado Watch | 24 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 186 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 60 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 7 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Snow Advisory | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 29 |
| Freeze Watch | 14 |
| Frost Advisory | 7 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 58 |
| Wind Advisory | 23 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 29 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 17 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 56 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| High Surf Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County179
- Jefferson County170
- Cullman County163
- Limestone County161
- Lauderdale County159
- Blount County158
- Winston County158
- Walker County156
- Jackson County156
- Tuscaloosa County155
- Marion County154
- Colbert County151
- St. Clair County151
- Talladega County150
- Cherokee County147
- DeKalb County147
- Marshall County146
- Lamar County145
- Etowah County144
- Shelby County144
- Fayette County143
- Lawrence County142
- Morgan County140
- Pickens County139
- Calhoun County138
- Clay County137
- Franklin County136
- Cleburne County130
- Houston County128
- Bibb County128
- Tallapoosa County128
- Sumter County127
- Marengo County126
- Greene County125
- Coosa County124
- Henry County123
- Chambers County123
- Hale County123
- Geneva County122
- Perry County121
27 more counties
- Randolph County121
- Dale County120
- Elmore County119
- Chilton County119
- Clarke County116
- Autauga County116
- Coffee County115
- Baldwin County114
- Montgomery County114
- Dallas County114
- Washington County113
- Monroe County112
- Barbour County112
- Lee County112
- Lowndes County112
- Macon County110
- Escambia County109
- Pike County109
- Bullock County108
- Russell County104
- Choctaw County104
- Covington County103
- Conecuh County102
- Wilcox County97
- Butler County93
- Mobile County90
- Crenshaw County86
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.