Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, August 1986
47 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 in August 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 47
- Busiest day
- August 16, 198616 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pike | 68 min |
| Jul 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour, Henry | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 61 min |
| Jul 31, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Jul 31, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Marshall | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Morgan | 68 min |
| Aug 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lawrence | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 70 min |
| Aug 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 90 min |
| Aug 16, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 62 min |
| Aug 20, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County7
- Limestone County5
- Lauderdale County4
- Marshall County3
- Mobile County3
- Morgan County3
- Jefferson County3
- Baldwin County2
- Escambia County2
- Colbert County2
- Lawrence County2
- Pickens County2
- Montgomery County2
- Cullman County2
- St. Clair County2
- Etowah County2
- Pike County1
- Barbour County1
- Henry County1
- Washington County1
- Covington County1
- DeKalb County1
- Jackson County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Walker County1
- Winston County1
- Blount County1
- Shelby County1
- Calhoun County1
- Talladega County1
- Cherokee County1
- Randolph County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
- Perry County1
- Marengo County1
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.