Alert archive / Alabama / 2016
Weather alerts in Alabama, December 2016
161 weather alerts in December 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 December 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 161
- Warnings
- 51
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 47
- Busiest day
- December 18, 201638 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 3:20 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 63 hr | |
| Dec 3, 3:09 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 39 hr |
| Dec 4, 5:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Dec 4, 5:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Dec 4, 6:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 88 min |
| Dec 4, 6:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 82 min |
| Dec 4, 6:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Dec 4, 7:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Dec 4, 7:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Dec 4, 8:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Dec 4, 8:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 26 min |
| Dec 4, 8:40 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Dec 4, 9:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Dec 4, 9:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Dec 4, 11:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Dec 4, 12:27 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Dec 4, 7:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Dec 5, 3:46 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 38 hr | |
| Dec 5, 5:31 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 36 hr |
| Dec 5, 7:14 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Lee and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Dec 5, 11:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Dec 5, 11:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Dec 5, 12:35 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Dec 5, 12:56 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Dec 5, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Geneva, Houston | 7 hr |
| Dec 5, 1:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Dec 5, 2:00 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Dec 5, 2:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Dec 5, 3:21 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Dec 5, 3:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Dec 5, 4:38 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 5, 5:08 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Dec 5, 5:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Geneva, Houston | 2 hr |
| Dec 5, 7:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 114 min |
| Dec 5, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Geneva, Houston | 8 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:28 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 2 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:51 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Dec 5, 11:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Geneva, Houston | 115 min |
| Dec 5, 11:59 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Dec 6, 1:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 32 min | |
| Dec 6, 1:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Dec 6, 1:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Dec 6, 2:02 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 28 min | |
| Dec 6, 2:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 38 min |
| Dec 6, 2:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 42 min |
| Dec 6, 4:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 27 min |
| Dec 6, 4:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 34 min |
| Dec 6, 4:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun | 35 min |
| Dec 7, 2:52 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 64 hr | |
| Dec 8, 4:13 AM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 11 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:19 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 hr |
| Dec 12, 6:25 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 12, 6:33 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Dec 12, 7:29 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Dec 12, 8:50 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 12, 10:20 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Dec 12, 10:22 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:00 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 8 hr |
| Dec 13, 7:15 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 105 min |
| Dec 13, 11:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Washington | 2 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 43 min |
| Dec 13, 2:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Dec 13, 3:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more | 114 min |
| Dec 13, 4:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 44 min |
| Dec 13, 4:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Dec 13, 5:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Dec 13, 8:24 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Dec 13, 8:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Dec 13, 9:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Dec 13, 10:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Dec 13, 10:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Dec 13, 11:02 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Dec 13, 11:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Dec 14, 12:16 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Dec 14, 1:51 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Dec 14, 2:38 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:47 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Dec 17, 1:40 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:27 PM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 39 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marion | 62 min |
| Dec 17, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:52 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 50 hr | |
| Dec 17, 10:43 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 10 hr | |
| Dec 17, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Dec 17, 11:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Dec 17, 11:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Dec 17, 11:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Dec 17, 11:45 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 22 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 30 min |
| Dec 17, 11:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 87 min |
| Dec 17, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Dec 18, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Dec 18, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 40 min |
| Dec 18, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Dec 18, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 35 min |
| Dec 18, 12:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 28 min |
| Dec 18, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Jackson, Lamar and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 25 min |
| Dec 18, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 24 min |
| Dec 18, 1:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Dec 18, 1:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 45 min |
| Dec 18, 1:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 40 min |
| Dec 18, 1:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Dec 18, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 27 min |
| Dec 18, 2:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 33 min |
| Dec 18, 2:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 30 min |
| Dec 18, 2:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 29 min |
| Dec 18, 2:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 25 min |
| Dec 18, 2:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 32 min |
| Dec 18, 2:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 24 min |
| Dec 18, 3:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Dec 18, 3:24 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall and 1 more | 66 min |
| Dec 18, 4:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 15 min |
| Dec 18, 4:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Dec 18, 4:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 35 min |
| Dec 18, 9:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Dec 20, 4:50 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Dec 20, 2:49 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:02 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 20, 6:26 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 101 min |
| Dec 20, 6:28 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 104 min | |
| Dec 20, 8:12 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr | |
| Dec 20, 8:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 20, 8:30 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 19 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:26 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Dec 21, 3:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:11 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Dec 24, 3:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:19 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:19 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 19 hr | |
| Dec 24, 8:44 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 25 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:03 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 11 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:40 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:47 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Dec 27, 4:00 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 28 min |
| Dec 27, 5:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:58 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:03 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 35 hr | |
| Dec 27, 9:51 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 12 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:55 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Montgomery and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:42 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 45 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:05 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 30 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 114 min |
| Dec 28, 5:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 49 min |
| Dec 28, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| Dec 28, 6:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 6:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 7:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 8:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 24 min |
| Dec 28, 9:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 9:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 9:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 10:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lamar, Pickens | 2 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 23 min |
| Dec 28, 11:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 25 min |
| Dec 29, 1:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 19 more | 115 min |
| Dec 31, 5:26 PM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 25 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 | 15 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Special Weather Statement | 41 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 22 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Rip Current Statement | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 33 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 13 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County26
- Mobile County21
- Lauderdale County18
- Geneva County13
- Limestone County13
- Colbert County13
- Houston County12
- Lawrence County12
- Marion County11
- Covington County10
- Escambia County10
- Jackson County10
- Walker County10
- Madison County10
- Blount County9
- Conecuh County9
- Washington County9
- Henry County8
- Monroe County8
- Fayette County8
- Lamar County8
- Franklin County8
- Dale County7
- Calhoun County7
- Butler County7
- Clarke County7
- Crenshaw County7
- Clay County7
- Etowah County7
- Randolph County7
- Talladega County7
- Bibb County7
- Chilton County7
- Coosa County7
- Perry County7
- Pickens County7
- Tuscaloosa County7
- Winston County7
- Autauga County6
- Barbour County6
27 more counties
- Bullock County6
- Dallas County6
- Lowndes County6
- Montgomery County6
- Pike County6
- Marshall County6
- Wilcox County6
- DeKalb County6
- Cherokee County6
- Cleburne County6
- Jefferson County6
- St. Clair County6
- Shelby County6
- Greene County6
- Hale County6
- Marengo County6
- Sumter County6
- Tallapoosa County6
- Elmore County5
- Lee County5
- Macon County5
- Russell County5
- Choctaw County5
- Coffee County5
- Chambers County5
- Morgan County4
- Cullman County3
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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.