Weather alerts in Alabama, 2023
5,113 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 5,113
- Warnings
- 1,723
- Watches
- 168
- Advisories
- 619
- Busiest month
- June1,102 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 15, 2023149 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
5,113 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 | 1,066 |
| Tornado Warning | 126 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 45 |
| Tornado Watch | 38 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 223 |
| Special Weather Statement | 2,341 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 48 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 76 |
| River Flood Warning | 52 |
| Flood Watch | 22 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 275 |
| River Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 29 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 20 |
| Heat Advisory | 91 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 31 |
| Freeze Watch | 24 |
| Frost Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 45 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 13 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 76 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 1 |
| High Surf Warning | 5 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| High Surf Advisory | 13 |
| Rip Current Statement | 39 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 12 |
| Special Marine Warning | 261 |
| Storm Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 10 |
| Storm Watch | 1 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 32 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 68 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mobile County403
- Baldwin County382
- Dale County310
- Houston County306
- Madison County301
- Henry County292
- Geneva County279
- Clarke County275
- Choctaw County269
- Coffee County267
- Jackson County266
- Limestone County261
- Washington County260
- Colbert County254
- Lawrence County246
- Cullman County242
- Wilcox County241
- Franklin County241
- Morgan County232
- Monroe County231
- Covington County229
- Escambia County224
- Lauderdale County224
- Montgomery County220
- Shelby County215
- Tuscaloosa County215
- Sumter County213
- Marshall County213
- Jefferson County211
- Conecuh County205
- Elmore County204
- Marengo County204
- Marion County202
- Walker County201
- Coosa County198
- Tallapoosa County198
- Talladega County198
- Greene County196
- Dallas County195
- Macon County194
27 more counties
- Barbour County192
- Pickens County191
- Bibb County190
- DeKalb County188
- Hale County186
- Bullock County185
- Crenshaw County184
- Pike County182
- Russell County182
- Winston County182
- Chilton County181
- St. Clair County176
- Butler County175
- Fayette County175
- Lamar County173
- Lee County172
- Blount County171
- Perry County169
- Lowndes County163
- Chambers County162
- Autauga County160
- Clay County156
- Randolph County153
- Etowah County152
- Calhoun County151
- Cherokee County146
- Cleburne County136
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.