Freeze Watches in Alabama
247 freeze watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of freeze watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 247
- Busiest year
- 202324 freeze watches
- Average year
- 11over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dale County98
- Coffee County97
- Henry County97
- Geneva County95
- Houston County95
- Cherokee County60
- Etowah County60
- Blount County59
- Calhoun County58
- St. Clair County58
- Cleburne County58
- Marion County58
- Talladega County57
- Winston County57
- Randolph County57
- Walker County56
- Clay County56
- Choctaw County53
- Lamar County53
- Clarke County52
- Wilcox County52
- Fayette County52
- Crenshaw County51
- Jefferson County50
- Shelby County50
- Washington County50
- Butler County50
- Monroe County49
- Conecuh County49
- Tuscaloosa County47
- Pickens County47
- Chambers County44
- Covington County44
- Escambia County44
- Tallapoosa County43
- Coosa County41
- Bibb County40
- Lee County39
- Chilton County38
- Bullock County38
27 more counties
- Montgomery County38
- Russell County38
- Greene County37
- Hale County37
- Marengo County37
- Perry County37
- Sumter County37
- Barbour County37
- Macon County37
- Pike County37
- Autauga County36
- Dallas County36
- Elmore County36
- Lowndes County36
- DeKalb County25
- Jackson County25
- Colbert County24
- Lauderdale County24
- Cullman County24
- Franklin County24
- Lawrence County24
- Limestone County24
- Madison County24
- Marshall County24
- Morgan County24
- Baldwin County20
- Mobile County20
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:54 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:57 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:01 AM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:07 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 23 hr |
Nearby
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.