Alert archive / Alabama / 2021
Weather alerts in Alabama, January 2021
88 weather alerts in January 2021, 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 January 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 88
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 25
- Busiest day
- January 26, 202142 alerts
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:41 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 11 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Dec 31, 11:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jan 1, 12:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 28 min | |
| Jan 1, 1:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jan 1, 2:16 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Jan 1, 2:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 32 min | |
| Jan 1, 4:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jan 1, 5:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 36 min |
| Jan 1, 5:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Jan 1, 8:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 35 min |
| Jan 1, 8:34 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Jan 1, 9:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Jan 1, 9:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 5:01 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 37 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:18 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Clay and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:28 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 3 days | |
| Jan 7, 4:44 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jan 7, 6:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jan 7, 6:46 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 29 min | |
| Jan 7, 8:05 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jan 7, 11:08 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 37 min | |
| Jan 10, 3:50 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 48 hr | |
| Jan 10, 2:24 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:50 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:00 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 13, 8:20 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:08 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:26 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 60 hr | |
| Jan 22, 12:36 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:55 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Jan 24, 6:07 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 days |
| Jan 25, 1:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 38 min |
| Jan 25, 2:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jan 25, 2:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jan 25, 5:25 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:28 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Jan 25, 4:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 86 min |
| Jan 25, 5:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 29 min |
| Jan 25, 6:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 29 min |
| Jan 25, 6:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 27 min |
| Jan 25, 6:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 6:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 31 min |
| Jan 25, 8:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 27 min |
| Jan 25, 8:11 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 8:15 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 16 hr | |
| Jan 25, 9:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 43 min |
| Jan 25, 9:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 16 more | 116 min |
| Jan 25, 9:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jan 25, 9:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 25 min |
| Jan 25, 10:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jan 25, 10:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 44 min |
| Jan 25, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jan 25, 10:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 41 min |
| Jan 25, 10:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 53 min |
| Jan 25, 10:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Jan 25, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 23 min |
| Jan 25, 11:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, St. Clair and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:46 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jan 25, 11:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Jan 26, 12:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 24 min |
| Jan 26, 12:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 46 min |
| Jan 26, 12:37 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 46 min |
| Jan 26, 1:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 6 more | 92 min |
| Jan 26, 2:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 54 min |
| Jan 26, 3:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 43 min |
| Jan 26, 3:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Jan 26, 3:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 55 min |
| Jan 26, 4:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 56 min |
| Jan 26, 4:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| Jan 26, 4:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Jan 26, 6:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 51 min |
| Jan 26, 6:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jan 26, 8:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jan 26, 9:18 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Jan 26, 3:06 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 23 hr | |
| Jan 26, 3:06 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 54 hr | |
| Jan 27, 2:13 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 7 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:07 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 4 days | |
| Jan 30, 3:03 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 50 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:54 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:34 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 19 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 | 2 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Rip Current Statement | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 18 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County14
- Pickens County12
- Tuscaloosa County12
- Walker County10
- Franklin County9
- Marion County9
- Lamar County9
- St. Clair County9
- Baldwin County8
- Mobile County8
- Colbert County8
- Lauderdale County8
- Fayette County8
- Winston County8
- Cherokee County8
- Cleburne County8
- Cullman County8
- Jackson County8
- Bibb County7
- Hale County7
- Shelby County7
- Sumter County7
- Talladega County7
- Blount County7
- Calhoun County7
- Etowah County7
- Lawrence County7
- Limestone County7
- Madison County7
- Clay County6
- Greene County6
- DeKalb County6
- Marshall County6
- Morgan County6
- Chilton County4
- Coosa County4
- Marengo County4
- Perry County4
- Tallapoosa County3
- Randolph 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.