Weather alerts in Alabama, 2016
3,403 weather alerts in 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,403
- Warnings
- 1,042
- Watches
- 74
- Advisories
- 390
- Busiest month
- July740 alerts
- Busiest day
- November 30, 2016127 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,403 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 | 417 |
| Tornado Warning | 97 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 25 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 111 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,755 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 22 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 56 |
| River Flood Warning | 87 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 18 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 174 |
| River Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 21 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 24 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 15 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 32 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 10 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 63 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 2 |
| Hurricane Watch | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| High Surf Advisory | 5 |
| Rip Current Statement | 31 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 5 |
| Special Marine Warning | 321 |
| Gale Watch | 3 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 19 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 57 |
| 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 County288
- Mobile County272
- Escambia County191
- Clarke County181
- Washington County177
- Monroe County165
- Conecuh County154
- Madison County154
- Covington County152
- Choctaw County151
- Geneva County147
- Houston County145
- Dale County144
- Coffee County135
- Henry County134
- Jefferson County134
- Sumter County130
- Jackson County130
- Pickens County127
- Butler County126
- Hale County123
- Wilcox County123
- Marengo County121
- Crenshaw County121
- Montgomery County120
- Morgan County120
- Lamar County119
- Shelby County119
- Marshall County119
- Colbert County118
- Greene County118
- Lawrence County118
- Dallas County117
- Limestone County117
- Autauga County116
- Tuscaloosa County116
- Barbour County115
- Lowndes County114
- Elmore County113
- Franklin County110
27 more counties
- Walker County110
- Chilton County110
- Cullman County110
- Marion County109
- Macon County109
- Fayette County108
- Perry County107
- DeKalb County106
- Bibb County105
- Lauderdale County104
- Bullock County103
- Russell County102
- Winston County100
- Pike County99
- Lee County94
- Coosa County92
- Talladega County87
- Calhoun County86
- Blount County86
- St. Clair County85
- Tallapoosa County83
- Clay County82
- Cleburne County77
- Cherokee County73
- Etowah County70
- Chambers County70
- Randolph County69
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.