Alert archive / Alabama / Dale County
Weather alerts in Dale County, Alabama, 2011
201 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Dale County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 201
- Warnings
- 61
- Watches
- 51
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest month
- April30 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 27, 201112 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 4 tornado warnings covering Dale County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them.
Dale County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 23 | 18 | 22% | 23 | 78% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Tallahassee, FL: tornado warnings | 48 | 6 | 88% | 14 | 57% | 9 min |
| NWS Tallahassee, FL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 245 | 153 | 38% | 349 | 80% | 20 min |
| NWS Tallahassee, FL: flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
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, 9:51 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 12:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jan 2, 1:23 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 27 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TAE | 20 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:52 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | 19 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:19 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:43 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | 27 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:01 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 37 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:08 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | 20 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:37 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | 25 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:29 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:32 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | 23 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:32 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | 16 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:30 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 37 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:45 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:45 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 28 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:14 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | 9 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:06 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | 30 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:36 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 38 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:32 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 7 hr |
| Feb 1, 5:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Feb 1, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 45 min |
| Feb 1, 7:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Feb 7, 9:57 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:26 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:26 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 39 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 39 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:05 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 6:39 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 14 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:19 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:16 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 5, 1:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 5, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Mar 9, 8:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 8:39 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Mar 9, 10:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 10:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | 27 min |
| Mar 9, 10:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 10:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 42 min |
| Mar 11, 1:39 PM CST | Frost Advisory | TAE | 17 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:01 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 11 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 28 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Mar 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Mar 27, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 27, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 5, 2:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 9 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 24 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 16, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 1:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 16, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 9:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 28 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:54 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 2:33 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | 18 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:52 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 6 hr |
| May 12, 4:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 4 hr |
| May 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 24 min |
| May 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| May 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| May 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 28 hr |
| May 17, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 28 hr |
| May 18, 2:08 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 29 hr |
| May 21, 2:48 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| May 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 27 hr |
| May 22, 2:48 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 11 hr |
| May 22, 6:17 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 3 hr |
| May 22, 2:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 29 hr |
| May 23, 1:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 7 hr |
| May 24, 5:28 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 4 hr |
| May 25, 2:50 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 6 hr |
| May 26, 10:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 11 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 27 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:02 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 4, 5:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 8, 2:52 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 28 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 29 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 10:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 1, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 22 min |
| Jul 2, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 9, 12:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 9, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 1:52 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | 27 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:35 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | 27 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | 28 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:36 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | 14 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 5:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 12, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 27, 3:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 16 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 13 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:20 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 26 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:27 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 13 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | 35 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Sep 4, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 5, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Sep 5, 11:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 43 min |
| Sep 23, 7:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:33 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 37 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 24 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 11 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 38 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 23 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Oct 21, 2:00 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TAE | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:19 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 10 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 36 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 29 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 15 hr |
| Nov 9, 1:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 13 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:25 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 25 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:01 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 27 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:39 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | 13 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:02 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | 11 hr |
| Nov 11, 4:54 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | 25 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:29 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | 27 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Nov 16, 12:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Nov 16, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 21, 1:57 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 4 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:24 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:42 AM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | 11 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:14 PM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | 19 hr |
| Dec 1, 1:53 PM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | 17 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:52 AM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | 11 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:25 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | 15 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:06 PM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | 17 hr |
| Dec 21, 11:17 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 50 min |
| Dec 31, 2:49 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 5 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 | 23 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 13 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 41 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 26 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 25 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 19 |
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.