Alert archive / Alabama / Lauderdale County

Weather alerts in Lauderdale County, Alabama, 2012

229 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Lauderdale County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
229
Warnings
76
Watches
23
Advisories
28
Busiest month
July47 alerts
Busiest day
March 31, 201214 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 3 tornado warnings covering Lauderdale County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them.

Lauderdale County, 2012

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings30100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings391854%3762%15 min
Flash flood warnings9367%650%135 min

Each office's whole area, 2012

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Huntsville, AL: tornado warnings34779%2662%19 min
NWS Huntsville, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings2147764%31356%17 min
NWS Huntsville, AL: flash flood warnings401368%6467%70 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 2:59 PM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN26 hr
Jan 2, 2:29 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN15 hr
Jan 2, 12:08 PM CSTFire Weather WatchHUN14 hr
Jan 3, 2:27 AM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN14 hr
Jan 8, 9:34 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN15 hr
Jan 12, 4:46 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN15 hr
Jan 17, 12:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN58 min
Jan 17, 1:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN38 min
Jan 17, 1:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN52 min
Jan 17, 2:07 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUN5 hr
Jan 17, 7:01 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningHUN64 min
Jan 20, 1:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchHUN19 hr
Jan 20, 10:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jan 20, 10:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jan 21, 1:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jan 21, 3:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN32 min
Jan 21, 4:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN28 min
Jan 21, 2:46 PM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN39 hr
Jan 22, 4:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN14 min
Jan 22, 9:47 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jan 22, 10:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jan 22, 11:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN37 min
Jan 22, 11:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN41 min
Jan 23, 12:03 AM CSTTornado WarningHUN27 min
Jan 23, 12:28 AM CSTTornado WarningHUN21 min
Jan 23, 1:25 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jan 23, 1:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Jan 25, 4:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchHUN32 hr
Jan 25, 9:59 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHUN5 days
Jan 26, 1:01 PM CSTFlood WatchHUN4 hr
Jan 26, 5:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jan 28, 1:56 PM CSTFire Weather WatchHUN13 hr
Jan 30, 3:11 AM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN14 hr
Feb 1, 6:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN43 min
Feb 1, 7:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Feb 1, 7:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN30 min
Feb 2, 1:25 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN8 hr
Feb 10, 3:01 PM CSTFire Weather WatchHUN24 hr
Feb 11, 9:56 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN8 hr
Feb 11, 2:43 PM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN24 hr
Feb 13, 10:53 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryHUN10 hr
Feb 22, 2:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 23, 3:03 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN16 hr
Feb 25, 3:44 AM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN14 hr
Feb 26, 11:23 AM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN7 hr
Feb 29, 11:46 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Feb 29, 1:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 29, 3:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN24 min
Mar 2, 4:44 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN11 hr
Mar 2, 8:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN24 min
Mar 2, 12:57 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Mar 2, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN30 min
Mar 2, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN24 min
Mar 2, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN31 min
Mar 2, 2:41 PM CSTTornado WarningHUN34 min
Mar 2, 3:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Mar 2, 6:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN26 min
Mar 4, 10:39 AM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN7 hr
Mar 5, 3:00 PM CSTFire Weather WatchHUN12 hr
Mar 6, 2:47 AM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN15 hr
Mar 14, 3:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC104 min
Mar 15, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN49 min
Mar 15, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN28 min
Mar 15, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN23 min
Mar 15, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN49 min
Mar 15, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN26 min
Mar 24, 4:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Mar 24, 11:56 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN9 hr
Mar 31, 12:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Mar 31, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN48 min
Mar 31, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN45 min
Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN27 min
Mar 31, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN30 min
Mar 31, 5:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC30 min
Mar 31, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN44 min
Mar 31, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN41 min
Mar 31, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Mar 31, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Mar 31, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN49 min
Mar 31, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN31 min
Mar 31, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN45 min
Mar 31, 7:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Apr 5, 12:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Apr 5, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 5, 3:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Apr 5, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN42 min
Apr 11, 3:26 AM CDTRed Flag WarningHUN16 hr
Apr 12, 4:12 AM CDTRed Flag WarningHUN15 hr
Apr 23, 4:07 AM CDTWind AdvisoryHUN14 hr
Apr 23, 9:43 AM CDTRed Flag WarningHUN8 hr
May 2, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN41 min
May 3, 11:19 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN7 hr
May 17, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN34 min
May 20, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN40 min
May 20, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
May 21, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN43 min
May 21, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN48 min
May 21, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN46 min
May 29, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN47 min
May 31, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 31, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 31, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
Jun 3, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 3, 8:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jun 3, 11:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Jun 3, 11:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 3, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN24 min
Jun 3, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN29 min
Jun 4, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN27 min
Jun 11, 1:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 11, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 11, 5:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jun 11, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN44 min
Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDTFire Weather WatchHUN15 hr
Jun 26, 6:22 AM CDTRed Flag WarningHUN11 hr
Jun 26, 5:06 PM CDTRed Flag WarningHUN114 min
Jun 27, 9:13 AM CDTRed Flag WarningHUN10 hr
Jun 27, 2:59 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN28 hr
Jun 28, 5:00 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN38 hr
Jun 29, 5:02 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningHUN14 hr
Jun 29, 5:02 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN31 hr
Jun 29, 5:01 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningHUN26 hr
Jun 30, 5:00 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningHUN38 hr
Jul 1, 1:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 1, 3:22 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN20 hr
Jul 1, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN27 min
Jul 2, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN27 min
Jul 3, 12:59 PM CDTRed Flag WarningHUN7 hr
Jul 4, 1:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jul 4, 3:24 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN26 hr
Jul 5, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN36 min
Jul 5, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN31 min
Jul 5, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN28 min
Jul 5, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN52 min
Jul 6, 11:02 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN6 hr
Jul 6, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN37 min
Jul 6, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN30 min
Jul 6, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN32 min
Jul 6, 2:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 6, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
Jul 6, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN24 min
Jul 6, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 7, 3:30 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN16 hr
Jul 7, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN32 min
Jul 8, 4:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN51 min
Jul 8, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN44 min
Jul 8, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN30 min
Jul 10, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN24 min
Jul 14, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN41 min
Jul 14, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN48 min
Jul 17, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN25 min
Jul 17, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
Jul 18, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN34 min
Jul 18, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN39 min
Jul 18, 4:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Jul 18, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN48 min
Jul 18, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN23 min
Jul 18, 5:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN95 min
Jul 21, 2:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 21, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN51 min
Jul 21, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN51 min
Jul 21, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN21 min
Jul 21, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN39 min
Jul 24, 2:08 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN29 hr
Jul 27, 1:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN28 min
Jul 27, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN31 min
Jul 27, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN35 min
Jul 28, 12:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 31, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN67 min
Jul 31, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN57 min
Aug 1, 4:41 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN12 hr
Aug 1, 2:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Aug 1, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 1, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN39 min
Aug 1, 4:22 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN23 hr
Aug 1, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN26 min
Aug 3, 7:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN52 min
Aug 4, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN44 min
Aug 4, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN41 min
Aug 4, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Aug 4, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN32 min
Aug 5, 11:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN44 min
Aug 10, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN41 min
Aug 13, 10:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN49 min
Aug 13, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN49 min
Aug 13, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN25 min
Aug 13, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN25 min
Aug 17, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN40 min
Aug 31, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN27 min
Sep 2, 2:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Sep 2, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 2, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
Sep 2, 6:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Sep 2, 7:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Sep 5, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN27 min
Sep 7, 11:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Sep 7, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN46 min
Sep 8, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN44 min
Sep 17, 10:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN70 min
Sep 17, 11:50 AM CDTFlood WatchHUN22 hr
Sep 17, 2:16 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyHUN5 hr
Sep 17, 7:17 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Sep 17, 10:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Sep 18, 3:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUN6 hr
Sep 18, 9:07 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUN5 hr
Oct 1, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN38 min
Oct 2, 11:15 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN10 hr
Oct 14, 9:51 AM CDTWind AdvisoryHUN5 hr
Oct 15, 3:15 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN6 hr
Oct 17, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Oct 17, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
Oct 31, 2:52 PM CDTFreeze WarningHUN17 hr
Nov 3, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN32 min
Nov 8, 6:06 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN3 hr
Dec 10, 1:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
Dec 10, 1:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN40 min
Dec 16, 3:39 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN36 min
Dec 17, 1:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Dec 19, 4:33 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN59 hr
Dec 20, 4:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Dec 20, 6:20 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN40 min
Dec 20, 6:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN47 min
Dec 22, 12:24 PM CSTRed Flag WarningHUN5 hr
Dec 25, 3:08 PM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN27 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.