Alert archive / Alabama / Bullock County
Weather alerts in Bullock County, Alabama, 2017
125 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Bullock County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 125
- Warnings
- 17
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 44
- Busiest month
- January27 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 22, 201710 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 6 tornado warnings covering Bullock County in 2017 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 14 minutes after it went out.
Bullock County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 6 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 67% | 14 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Birmingham, AL: tornado warnings | 59 | 22 | 63% | 63 | 73% | 14 min |
| NWS Birmingham, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 170 | 108 | 36% | 708 | 57% | 21 min |
| NWS Birmingham, AL: flash flood warnings | 36 | 29 | 19% | 145 | 89% | 77 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 5:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 19 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 5:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jan 5, 3:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | 42 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:55 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BMX | 22 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:36 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 5 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:48 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:37 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 5 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 19, 6:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jan 21, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jan 21, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jan 21, 9:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jan 21, 11:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jan 22, 2:46 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jan 22, 9:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 33 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jan 22, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 1:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 19 min |
| Feb 3, 4:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 5 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 44 min |
| Feb 7, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 49 min |
| Feb 19, 12:39 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:25 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 43 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:40 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 55 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 80 min |
| Apr 4, 2:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 5, 6:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 5, 4:37 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 26 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:24 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 9:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 3:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 16 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 50 hr |
| May 1, 2:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 1, 6:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 12 min |
| May 3, 3:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 30 hr |
| May 13, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 34 min |
| May 20, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 31 min |
| May 20, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 58 min |
| May 21, 4:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 47 hr |
| May 23, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 6:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 64 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 47 min |
| Jul 12, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 68 min |
| Jul 20, 12:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:45 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 7 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 18 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 9 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 3:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 16 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:55 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | BMX | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:45 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | BMX | 41 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:07 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 36 hr |
| Sep 15, 6:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 113 min |
| Sep 17, 3:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 43 min |
| Sep 19, 10:58 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 11 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:14 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | BMX | 42 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 35 hr |
| Oct 7, 12:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 31 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Oct 8, 1:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Oct 9, 9:59 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 11 hr |
| Oct 10, 10:14 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 11 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Oct 29, 3:07 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | 29 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:36 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 5 hr |
| Nov 6, 8:26 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 13 hr |
| Nov 9, 10:06 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 9 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:23 PM CST | Freeze Watch | BMX | 11 hr |
| Nov 18, 9:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 63 min |
| Nov 19, 2:45 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | 29 hr |
| Nov 29, 6:45 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 2 hr |
| Nov 29, 9:27 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 12 hr |
| Nov 30, 6:07 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:00 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 18 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 19 hr |
| Dec 3, 11:39 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | 51 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:31 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:48 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 17 hr |
| Dec 19, 6:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 11 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 | 4 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 10 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 28 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 27 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 2 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.