Weather alerts in Hale County, Alabama, 2013

167 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Hale County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 167
Warnings: 53
Watches: 24
Advisories: 41
Busiest month: March41 alerts
Busiest day: March 24, 201312 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Hale County, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	0			0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	8	5	38%	5	60%	27 min
Flash flood warnings	2	1	50%	1	100%	49 min

Each office's whole area, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Birmingham, AL: tornado warnings	14	3	79%	21	29%	14 min
NWS Birmingham, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings	129	91	29%	341	69%	19 min
NWS Birmingham, AL: flash flood warnings	48	36	25%	76	84%	45 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, 10:04 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	10 hr
Jan 10, 5:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	61 min
Jan 10, 6:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	60 min
Jan 10, 7:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	53 min
Jan 10, 8:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	63 min
Jan 10, 8:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	55 min
Jan 10, 9:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	58 min
Jan 12, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	8 days
Jan 13, 8:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	25 hr
Jan 13, 1:55 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	10 days
Jan 13, 6:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	2 hr
Jan 13, 7:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	9 days
Jan 14, 8:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	6 days
Jan 15, 8:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	60 hr
Jan 15, 5:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	12 hr
Jan 16, 3:43 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BMX	6 hr
Jan 16, 3:53 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	26 hr
Jan 16, 10:04 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	BMX	20 hr
Jan 29, 5:47 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	35 hr
Jan 29, 7:46 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Jan 30, 5:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jan 30, 7:43 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jan 30, 8:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	45 min
Jan 30, 8:19 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	116 min
Jan 30, 8:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	117 min
Jan 31, 8:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	36 hr
Feb 1, 5:07 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	BMX	13 hr
Feb 2, 7:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	14 hr
Feb 5, 9:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	11 hr
Feb 9, 9:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	24 hr
Feb 9, 9:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	24 hr
Feb 10, 6:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	65 hr
Feb 10, 1:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	42 min
Feb 10, 9:14 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	50 hr
Feb 10, 11:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Feb 11, 6:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	4 hr
Feb 11, 1:54 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	4 days
Feb 11, 7:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	5 days
Feb 16, 11:09 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	7 hr
Feb 16, 5:38 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	BMX	24 hr
Feb 18, 8:57 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	9 hr
Feb 22, 4:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	50 min
Feb 22, 10:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	58 hr
Feb 23, 10:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	24 hr
Feb 24, 12:22 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	8 hr
Feb 25, 4:29 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	24 hr
Mar 5, 4:28 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	16 hr
Mar 5, 12:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	49 min
Mar 5, 1:11 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 8, 4:07 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	7 hr
Mar 8, 11:13 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	BMX	6 hr
Mar 9, 6:49 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	BMX	10 hr
Mar 10, 6:59 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	18 hr
Mar 11, 1:34 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	5 hr
Mar 11, 9:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	35 hr
Mar 13, 4:30 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BMX	15 hr
Mar 13, 4:30 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BMX	38 hr
Mar 18, 1:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Mar 18, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 19, 4:40 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BMX	14 hr
Mar 20, 4:46 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	14 hr
Mar 20, 4:46 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BMX	14 hr
Mar 20, 7:12 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BMX	24 hr
Mar 23, 6:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Mar 23, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 23, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	62 min
Mar 23, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	49 min
Mar 23, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	54 min
Mar 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Mar 23, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	44 min
Mar 23, 10:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Mar 24, 3:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Mar 24, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	44 min
Mar 24, 4:06 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	17 hr
Mar 24, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	36 hr
Mar 24, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	9 hr
Mar 24, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	3 days
Mar 24, 6:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	3 days
Mar 24, 9:36 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	2 hr
Mar 24, 9:36 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	20 hr
Mar 24, 9:42 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	18 hr
Mar 25, 6:29 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	27 hr
Mar 26, 6:40 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	26 hr
Mar 26, 3:03 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	BMX	23 hr
Mar 26, 3:06 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	27 hr
Mar 27, 2:23 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	19 hr
Mar 28, 11:36 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BMX	5 hr
Apr 11, 7:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	37 hr
Apr 11, 10:41 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 11, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 11, 2:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Apr 18, 11:55 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	8 hr
Apr 25, 3:26 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	12 hr
Apr 26, 3:39 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BMX	14 hr
Apr 29, 4:12 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	4 hr
May 5, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	47 hr
May 17, 1:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
May 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	33 min
May 17, 5:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
May 17, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	43 min
May 17, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	44 min
May 17, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 17, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	61 min
May 23, 6:06 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Jun 1, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	47 min
Jun 5, 11:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 6, 5:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jun 6, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	39 min
Jun 6, 8:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	116 min
Jun 8, 3:19 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:05 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	14 hr
Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	48 min
Jun 19, 4:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Jun 27, 10:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 28, 9:42 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 28, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	44 min
Jun 28, 11:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 28, 1:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 28, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 28, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	61 min
Jun 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	43 min
Jun 30, 6:09 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Jul 3, 7:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	4 days
Jul 10, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	42 min
Jul 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	47 min
Jul 11, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	36 min
Jul 11, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	2 hr
Jul 11, 5:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:56 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 17, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	23 min
Jul 23, 10:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jul 23, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 23, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	56 min
Jul 23, 1:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	2 hr
Jul 23, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	60 min
Jul 23, 2:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	2 hr
Jul 23, 2:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Aug 1, 7:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	119 min
Aug 6, 12:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Aug 7, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	49 min
Aug 13, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	30 min
Aug 14, 11:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	112 min
Aug 14, 12:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	3 hr
Aug 24, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	48 min
Sep 21, 4:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Oct 10, 6:27 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Oct 22, 2:52 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	13 hr
Oct 25, 3:09 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	BMX	11 hr
Oct 25, 3:09 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	30 hr
Nov 7, 3:29 PM CST	Frost Advisory	BMX	17 hr
Nov 11, 2:30 PM CST	Freeze Watch	BMX	7 hr
Nov 11, 2:30 PM CST	Freeze Watch	BMX	7 hr
Nov 11, 9:19 PM CST	Freeze Warning	BMX	36 hr
Nov 11, 9:19 PM CST	Freeze Warning	BMX	60 hr
Nov 13, 4:22 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	24 hr
Nov 13, 4:22 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	BMX	13 hr
Nov 14, 4:11 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	BMX	13 hr
Nov 23, 4:36 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	11 hr
Nov 23, 3:08 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	BMX	25 hr
Nov 27, 4:07 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	13 hr
Nov 27, 2:26 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	BMX	27 hr
Dec 3, 8:59 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	7 hr
Dec 8, 7:53 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	6 hr
Dec 21, 2:48 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	21 hr
Dec 22, 1:34 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Dec 22, 1:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	44 min

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	8
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	6
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	22
Special Weather Statement	27
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	21
Flash Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	11
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	6
Freeze Watch	3
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	14
Fire
Red Flag Warning	14
Fire Weather Watch	9
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	13

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2012 2014

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.