Alert archive / Alabama / Franklin County

Weather alerts in Franklin County, Alabama, 2023

241 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Franklin County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 241
Warnings: 78
Watches: 38
Advisories: 29
Busiest month: August52 alerts
Busiest day: March 2, 202314 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 8 tornado warnings covering Franklin County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 15 minutes after it went out.

Franklin County, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	8	2	75%	2	50%	15 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	50	26	48%	17	82%	26 min
Flash flood warnings	3	1	67%	0

Each office's whole area, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Huntsville, AL: tornado warnings	39	10	74%	28	71%	10 min
NWS Huntsville, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings	263	105	60%	665	53%	19 min
NWS Huntsville, AL: flash flood warnings	29	5	83%	30	73%	93 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 3, 7:56 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jan 3, 9:14 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jan 3, 10:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	46 min
Jan 3, 10:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	27 min
Jan 3, 10:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	40 min
Jan 3, 10:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jan 12, 2:26 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	19 hr
Jan 12, 6:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jan 12, 6:59 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jan 12, 7:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	31 min
Jan 12, 7:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	27 min
Jan 18, 2:02 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	16 hr
Jan 19, 9:43 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	8 hr
Jan 23, 2:05 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	48 hr
Feb 8, 4:14 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	29 hr
Feb 13, 2:47 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	36 hr
Feb 16, 11:33 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	27 min
Feb 16, 12:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Feb 16, 2:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Feb 16, 3:42 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Feb 16, 5:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	3 hr
Feb 22, 1:45 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	19 hr
Feb 26, 1:34 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	HUN	7 hr
Feb 26, 1:34 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	40 hr
Mar 1, 2:14 AM CST	Flood Watch	HUN	37 hr
Mar 1, 6:21 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Mar 1, 7:36 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 1, 7:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	32 min
Mar 1, 8:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	33 min
Mar 1, 8:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	36 min
Mar 1, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	33 min
Mar 1, 9:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	33 min
Mar 1, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	49 min
Mar 1, 10:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	5 hr
Mar 2, 2:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	11 hr
Mar 2, 3:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	5 hr
Mar 2, 6:30 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	2 hr
Mar 2, 8:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	3 hr
Mar 2, 12:45 PM CST	High Wind Warning	HUN	29 hr
Mar 3, 4:01 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 3, 6:24 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 3, 9:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	63 min
Mar 3, 10:15 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Mar 3, 10:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	61 min
Mar 12, 1:12 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	HUN	15 hr
Mar 13, 4:09 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	HUN	24 hr
Mar 13, 4:09 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	29 hr
Mar 14, 4:11 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	29 hr
Mar 15, 4:18 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	HUN	28 hr
Mar 17, 2:38 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	HUN	7 hr
Mar 17, 3:27 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	HUN	24 hr
Mar 17, 9:20 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	24 hr
Mar 18, 3:55 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	31 hr
Mar 18, 3:55 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	54 hr
Mar 19, 11:06 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	HUN	16 hr
Mar 20, 2:45 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	30 hr
Mar 24, 12:11 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	HUN	15 hr
Mar 24, 9:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Mar 24, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Mar 24, 9:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Mar 24, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	40 min
Mar 24, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	49 min
Mar 24, 10:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Mar 24, 11:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	21 min
Mar 24, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	45 min
Mar 28, 8:56 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	HUN	11 hr
Mar 31, 1:58 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	HUN	41 hr
Mar 31, 5:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Mar 31, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr
Mar 31, 11:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Mar 31, 11:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 1, 1:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Apr 1, 1:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	23 min
Apr 1, 1:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	HUN	35 min
Apr 1, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	42 min
Apr 1, 2:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	HUN	35 min
Apr 5, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 5, 1:50 PM CDT	Flood Watch	HUN	20 hr
Apr 5, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	52 min
Apr 14, 11:59 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	HUN	9 hr
Apr 15, 11:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Apr 27, 6:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 29, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	50 min
May 2, 2:17 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	HUN	16 hr
May 10, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	27 min
May 11, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	49 min
May 15, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	44 min
May 15, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	24 min
May 16, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	34 min
May 18, 1:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 2, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	44 min
Jun 2, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	43 min
Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	46 min
Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	25 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	42 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	46 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	43 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 10, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	41 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	23 min
Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 11, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	27 min
Jun 11, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	31 min
Jun 11, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	38 min
Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	23 min
Jun 14, 9:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	50 min
Jun 14, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	24 min
Jun 14, 9:40 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 14, 9:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	49 min
Jun 14, 9:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	50 min
Jun 14, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HUN	34 min
Jun 14, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	36 min
Jun 15, 1:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	48 min
Jun 18, 6:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 18, 8:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 18, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 19, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	45 min
Jun 25, 12:23 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	7 hr
Jun 25, 12:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 25, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 25, 7:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 25, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 25, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	50 min
Jun 25, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	24 min
Jun 25, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	46 min
Jun 27, 2:19 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	HUN	25 hr
Jun 28, 3:39 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	HUN	4 days
Jun 28, 3:39 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	5 days
Jun 29, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 29, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	28 min
Jun 29, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HUN	27 min
Jun 29, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HUN	33 min
Jun 29, 5:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jun 29, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	31 min
Jul 1, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 1, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	50 min
Jul 1, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	HUN	33 min
Jul 1, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	13 min
Jul 1, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	38 min
Jul 2, 10:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 2, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 2, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	52 min
Jul 2, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	23 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	42 min
Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	25 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	49 min
Jul 2, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	29 min
Jul 3, 12:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	67 min
Jul 3, 12:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jul 3, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	44 min
Jul 3, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	48 min
Jul 3, 2:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	107 min
Jul 3, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	41 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	28 min
Jul 6, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	45 min
Jul 6, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	25 min
Jul 8, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	38 min
Jul 14, 12:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	41 min
Jul 18, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 18, 5:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 18, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	50 min
Jul 18, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	26 min
Jul 18, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	18 min
Jul 19, 2:37 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	29 hr
Jul 20, 12:35 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	HUN	7 hr
Jul 20, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 21, 2:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jul 21, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 21, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	30 min
Jul 27, 1:46 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	29 hr
Jul 28, 4:03 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	39 hr
Aug 3, 3:41 AM CDT	Flood Watch	HUN	33 hr
Aug 3, 7:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 3, 12:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Aug 5, 5:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Aug 5, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	29 min
Aug 5, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	33 min
Aug 5, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	20 min
Aug 5, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	33 min
Aug 5, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	29 min
Aug 5, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	33 min
Aug 5, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	26 min
Aug 5, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	45 min
Aug 5, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	27 min
Aug 6, 3:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	14 hr
Aug 6, 11:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Aug 6, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 6, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	36 min
Aug 6, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	46 min
Aug 7, 9:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Aug 7, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 7, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	36 min
Aug 7, 1:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 7, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	25 min
Aug 9, 11:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Aug 9, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 9, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	37 min
Aug 9, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 10, 12:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Aug 10, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	65 min
Aug 11, 9:41 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	9 hr
Aug 11, 2:26 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	30 hr
Aug 11, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	35 min
Aug 11, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	26 min
Aug 11, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	24 min
Aug 11, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	28 min
Aug 12, 9:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 12, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 12, 2:26 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	HUN	54 hr
Aug 13, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 13, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	49 min
Aug 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Aug 14, 5:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 14, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 14, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	51 min
Aug 14, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	42 min
Aug 14, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	53 min
Aug 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	36 min
Aug 15, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	36 min
Aug 15, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	36 min
Aug 21, 2:21 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	18 hr
Aug 21, 2:45 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	5 days
Aug 24, 1:45 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	HUN	42 hr
Sep 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 6, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	41 min
Oct 21, 4:29 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	HUN	15 hr
Oct 30, 2:01 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	HUN	10 hr
Oct 30, 12:17 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	45 hr
Oct 30, 12:44 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	HUN	30 hr
Nov 1, 3:04 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	30 hr
Nov 20, 3:01 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	27 hr
Dec 1, 9:20 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	HUN	12 hr
Dec 9, 10:50 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Dec 9, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Dec 9, 5:03 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Dec 9, 6:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	37 min
Dec 9, 6:39 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Dec 9, 7:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	38 min
Dec 24, 4:25 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	14 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	50
Tornado Warning	8
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	16
Tornado Watch	11
Mesoscale Discussion	47
Special Weather Statement	49
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	3
Flood Watch	3
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	4
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	10
Cold
Freeze Warning	8
Freeze Watch	6
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	14
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2022 2024

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.