Alert archive / Alabama / 2009
Weather alerts in Alabama, August 2009
147 weather alerts in August 2009, 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 August 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 147
- Warnings
- 87
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest day
- August 5, 200920 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 1, 4:55 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 24 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 112 min |
| Aug 1, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 17 min |
| Aug 1, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 111 min |
| Aug 1, 6:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 21 min |
| Aug 2, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Aug 4, 7:00 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Aug 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Aug 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 4:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 8:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more | 85 min |
| Aug 5, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Aug 5, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Aug 5, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Aug 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Aug 5, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Elmore | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Aug 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 119 min |
| Aug 5, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 110 min |
| Aug 5, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Aug 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Aug 5, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Aug 5, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 37 min | |
| Aug 5, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Aug 5, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Aug 8, 11:25 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 95 min | |
| Aug 9, 2:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Sumter | 114 min |
| Aug 9, 5:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 19 min |
| Aug 11, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 4:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Sumter | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 106 min |
| Aug 14, 5:00 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Aug 14, 2:21 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 99 min | |
| Aug 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:06 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Aug 15, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Aug 15, 8:39 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 5:31 AM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 23 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:39 AM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 23 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:39 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MOB | 23 hr | |
| Aug 16, 6:14 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Aug 16, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Aug 16, 2:08 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery, Pike | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:46 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Aug 16, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 16 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chilton, Elmore, Fayette and 9 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 23 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:15 AM CDT | Hurricane Local Statement | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:15 AM CDT | Hurricane Local Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lee, Russell | 112 min |
| Aug 17, 9:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:12 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Aug 17, 4:24 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 113 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:48 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Aug 18, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 110 min |
| Aug 18, 6:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Shelby | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 7:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Shelby | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 118 min |
| Aug 18, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 108 min |
| Aug 20, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa, Walker | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 114 min |
| Aug 21, 5:38 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Aug 21, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Aug 21, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Aug 21, 2:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 116 min |
| Aug 21, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Aug 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 20 min |
| Aug 21, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 16 min |
| Aug 21, 5:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 115 min |
| Aug 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Aug 21, 8:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 86 min |
| Aug 21, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Aug 26, 9:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bullock | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Aug 27, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Marshall | 98 min |
| Aug 27, 8:39 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 81 min | |
| Aug 27, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Aug 27, 10:41 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Aug 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 114 min |
| Aug 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Wilcox | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 118 min |
| Aug 28, 7:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 116 min |
| Aug 30, 10:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marengo | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 115 min |
| Aug 30, 12:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clarke and 21 more | 113 min |
| Aug 30, 1:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 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 | 26 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 21 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 35 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Tropical Storm Warning | 3 |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Hurricane Local Statement | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 35 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 2 |
| Marine Weather Statement | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County13
- Mobile County10
- Elmore County9
- Montgomery County9
- Pike County9
- Covington County9
- Escambia County9
- Crenshaw County8
- Bullock County7
- Lee County7
- Lowndes County7
- Marengo County7
- Russell County7
- Tuscaloosa County7
- Butler County7
- Barbour County6
- Chambers County6
- Macon County6
- Shelby County6
- Sumter County6
- Conecuh County6
- Autauga County5
- Chilton County5
- Dallas County5
- Lauderdale County5
- Calhoun County4
- Clay County4
- Cleburne County4
- Coosa County4
- Jefferson County4
- Perry County4
- Randolph County4
- Tallapoosa County4
- Lawrence County4
- Wilcox County4
- Choctaw County4
- Bibb County3
- Greene County3
- Hale County3
- Morgan County3
25 more counties
- Colbert County3
- Washington County3
- Fayette County3
- Coffee County3
- Dale County3
- Geneva County3
- Walker County3
- Monroe County3
- Talladega County2
- Limestone County2
- Madison County2
- DeKalb County2
- Jackson County2
- Cullman County2
- Pickens County2
- Houston County2
- Lamar County2
- Blount County2
- Clarke County2
- Marshall County2
- St. Clair County1
- Franklin County1
- Marion County1
- Cherokee County1
- Henry 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.