Alert archive / Alabama / 2008
Weather alerts in Alabama, September 2008
118 weather alerts in September 2008, 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 September 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 118
- Warnings
- 84
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 18
- Busiest day
- September 1, 200858 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 7:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 88 min |
| Aug 31, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 10 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Sep 1, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 3:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 114 min |
| Sep 1, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 5:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 6:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 6:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 7:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Sep 1, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 8:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 8:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 8:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 9:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 86 min |
| Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 22 hr | |
| Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 min |
| Sep 1, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Sep 1, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 22 min |
| Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 14 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:49 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 18 hr | |
| Sep 2, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Sep 2, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Sep 2, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Sep 2, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Sep 2, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 10:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 10:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Sep 2, 11:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Sep 3, 7:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Sep 4, 12:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion, Winston | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:33 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Elmore | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Watch | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 9, 4:21 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 4 days | |
| Sep 9, 7:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 54 min |
| Sep 10, 12:43 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 55 hr | |
| Sep 11, 4:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 45 hr | |
| Sep 11, 7:23 AM CDT | High Surf Warning | MOB | 36 hr | |
| Sep 11, 7:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Sep 11, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Sep 11, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 81 min | |
| Sep 11, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Sep 11, 12:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 10 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Sep 12, 9:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 21 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:50 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | 16 hr | |
| Sep 12, 8:39 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 26 hr | |
| Sep 13, 9:39 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 7 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:38 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MOB | 11 hr | |
| Sep 14, 4:18 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 14, 9:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 23 more | 84 min |
| Sep 15, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Sep 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 41 min |
| Sep 19, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Sep 19, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Sep 19, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Sep 23, 1:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 30 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:34 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 24 hr | |
| Sep 24, 1:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 13 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 24 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 27 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:31 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 24, 10:04 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Sep 25, 9:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 27 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 28 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 15 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 13 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 23 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 28 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 | 1 |
| Tornado Warning | 41 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 7 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 2 |
| High Surf Warning | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 23 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 4 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County48
- Mobile County28
- Washington County14
- Dale County11
- Henry County11
- Houston County11
- Coffee County10
- Geneva County10
- Choctaw County6
- Colbert County6
- Franklin County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Lawrence County6
- Clarke County5
- Marion County5
- Winston County5
- Cullman County5
- DeKalb County5
- Jackson County5
- Limestone County5
- Madison County5
- Marshall County5
- Morgan County5
- Conecuh County4
- Escambia County4
- Monroe County4
- Autauga County4
- Bibb County4
- Blount County4
- Fayette County4
- Greene County4
- Hale County4
- Jefferson County4
- Lamar County4
- Marengo County4
- Perry County4
- Pickens County4
- Shelby County4
- Sumter County4
- Tuscaloosa County4
24 more counties
- Walker County4
- Barbour County3
- Bullock County3
- Pike County3
- Chilton County3
- Dallas County3
- Elmore County3
- Lowndes County3
- Randolph County3
- St. Clair County3
- Calhoun County2
- Chambers County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Cleburne County2
- Coosa County2
- Etowah County2
- Lee County2
- Macon County2
- Montgomery County2
- Russell County2
- Talladega County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Covington 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.