Heat Advisories in Alabama
594 heat advisories 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 heat advisories reaches back to 2005.
Heat Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Heat Advisories
- 594
- Busiest year
- 202391 heat advisories
- Average year
- 28over 21 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.
- Washington County151
- Mobile County148
- Baldwin County138
- Escambia County134
- Clarke County133
- Colbert County132
- Lauderdale County131
- Choctaw County131
- Franklin County128
- Pickens County124
- Greene County122
- Marengo County122
- Monroe County122
- Sumter County121
- Tuscaloosa County121
- Hale County120
- Lawrence County119
- Conecuh County118
- Covington County117
- Dallas County117
- Perry County116
- Bibb County114
- Lowndes County113
- Lamar County112
- Montgomery County112
- Wilcox County112
- Fayette County111
- Autauga County110
- Walker County109
- Limestone County107
- Madison County106
- Morgan County106
- Geneva County105
- Butler County104
- Elmore County104
- Marion County104
- Cullman County103
- Crenshaw County103
- Chilton County101
- Houston County100
27 more counties
- Bullock County99
- Jefferson County99
- Barbour County98
- Pike County98
- Shelby County98
- Macon County97
- Winston County97
- Coffee County95
- Dale County94
- Henry County93
- Russell County92
- Coosa County81
- Marshall County73
- Lee County71
- Tallapoosa County70
- Blount County69
- Talladega County69
- St. Clair County67
- Chambers County57
- Jackson County56
- DeKalb County54
- Clay County51
- Calhoun County50
- Etowah County48
- Cherokee County47
- Randolph County46
- Cleburne County42
The latest heat advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 12:43 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 23 more | 31 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:11 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 6 days |
| Sep 1, 9:42 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 5 days |
| Sep 1, 9:27 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 5 days |
| Aug 20, 9:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Shelby, Walker | 23 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:21 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 30 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:21 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:36 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 17 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:17 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 11 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:05 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Pike | 33 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:49 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 30 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.