Alert archive / Alabama / Pike County
Weather alerts in Pike County, Alabama, 2008
197 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Pike County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 197
- Warnings
- 64
- Watches
- 38
- Advisories
- 56
- Busiest month
- February36 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 10, 200811 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
4 of 12 tornado warnings covering Pike County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 8 of 9 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 25 minutes after it went out.
Pike County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 12 | 4 | 67% | 9 | 89% | 25 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 20 | 7 | 65% | 9 | 44% | 14 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Birmingham, AL: tornado warnings | 202 | 29 | 86% | 87 | 67% | 18 min |
| NWS Birmingham, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 494 | 184 | 63% | 585 | 56% | 23 min |
| NWS Birmingham, AL: flash flood warnings | 17 | 5 | 71% | 19 | 26% | 61 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, 6:03 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 8 hr |
| Jan 1, 1:36 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 28 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:00 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BMX | 44 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:33 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:02 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 24 hr |
| Jan 3, 7:52 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 22 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:56 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 11 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:21 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 16 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jan 10, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 49 min |
| Jan 10, 9:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jan 10, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 32 min |
| Jan 10, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 34 min |
| Jan 20, 3:55 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 13 hr |
| Jan 20, 5:51 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 10 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 13 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:11 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 23 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:37 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 8:22 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 22 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:19 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 11 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 16 hr |
| Jan 31, 6:20 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 16 hr |
| Jan 31, 7:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jan 31, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 41 min |
| Feb 5, 2:05 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 28 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:10 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 65 min |
| Feb 6, 8:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 36 min |
| Feb 10, 6:02 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 11 hr |
| Feb 10, 5:13 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 12 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:13 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 36 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Feb 12, 5:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Feb 12, 7:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Feb 13, 5:27 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 24 hr |
| Feb 14, 5:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:08 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Feb 17, 12:32 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 55 min |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 64 min |
| Feb 17, 2:45 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Feb 17, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 44 min |
| Feb 17, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 50 min |
| Feb 19, 6:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:26 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:25 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 7:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 7:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 56 min |
| Feb 27, 3:19 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:13 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:03 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Mar 4, 5:50 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 12 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:36 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:13 PM CST | Snow Advisory | BMX | 22 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:14 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 6:45 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:04 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:54 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 39 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:54 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:44 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 36 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:32 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:32 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 45 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:28 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 20 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:08 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 37 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 13 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 12 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:01 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 20 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 15 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 13 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:58 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 7:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Apr 11, 9:54 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:00 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 56 hr |
| Apr 12, 6:57 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 25 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:53 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:06 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 19 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | 17 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 2:49 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 15 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 12 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 12 hr |
| May 7, 5:37 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 25 hr |
| May 11, 1:37 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 50 min |
| May 11, 5:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| May 15, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 62 min |
| May 20, 11:53 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 22 min |
| Jun 26, 11:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 11:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 13, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 22, 10:00 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 21 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 44 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 33 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 23, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 23, 8:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 24, 10:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:40 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 7 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 24, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 43 hr |
| Aug 25, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 25, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 10:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 25, 11:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 29 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:18 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Oct 17, 11:55 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 4 hr |
| Oct 23, 8:37 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 12:51 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 27 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:16 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 16 hr |
| Oct 27, 4:00 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 23 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:08 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 30 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:16 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 13 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:02 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 29 hr |
| Nov 14, 12:35 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:53 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 13 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:31 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 13 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:32 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 12 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:35 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 23 hr |
| Nov 21, 2:57 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 27 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:47 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Nov 26, 6:21 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 9 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Nov 30, 5:16 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 10 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:43 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| Dec 9, 6:01 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Dec 10, 1:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Dec 10, 6:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 6:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 47 min |
| Dec 10, 6:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 10, 7:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 49 min |
| Dec 10, 9:56 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:45 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 20 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:01 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 29 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:01 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 13 hr |
| Dec 21, 1:04 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 17 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:48 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 24 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:14 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 14 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:40 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 19 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:43 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 25 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:58 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | 27 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 | 20 |
| Tornado Warning | 12 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 15 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 39 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 37 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 24 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 14 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.