Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama
23,196 severe thunderstorm warnings 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 23,196
- Busiest year
- 20231,066 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Average year
- 566over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with 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.
- Baldwin County1,175
- Mobile County1,124
- Madison County1,103
- Jackson County999
- Jefferson County872
- Washington County872
- Clarke County862
- Lawrence County840
- Colbert County831
- Limestone County822
- Morgan County817
- Tuscaloosa County812
- Lauderdale County793
- Houston County706
- Monroe County702
- Franklin County698
- Marshall County698
- Shelby County695
- Escambia County681
- Covington County672
- Cullman County666
- DeKalb County660
- Choctaw County654
- Conecuh County627
- Dale County625
- Pickens County620
- Talladega County609
- Walker County595
- Geneva County591
- Lamar County585
- Marion County580
- St. Clair County577
- Henry County566
- Montgomery County551
- Wilcox County526
- Sumter County524
- Coffee County522
- Fayette County518
- Tallapoosa County499
- Chilton County496
27 more counties
- Bibb County494
- Butler County494
- Elmore County481
- Greene County470
- Blount County464
- Calhoun County461
- Coosa County439
- Crenshaw County436
- Winston County434
- Hale County433
- Marengo County424
- Clay County419
- Macon County408
- Etowah County408
- Dallas County406
- Autauga County401
- Lee County386
- Perry County376
- Cleburne County375
- Barbour County375
- Cherokee County373
- Lowndes County359
- Bullock County356
- Russell County355
- Chambers County323
- Randolph County317
- Pike County292
The latest severe thunderstorm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall | 36 min |
| Sep 22, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 24 min |
| Sep 22, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 17 min |
| Sep 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 42 min |
| Sep 22, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 65 min |
| Sep 21, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Washington | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 57 min |
| Sep 21, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 41 min |
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. Rebuilt daily.