Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, May 1986
17 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 17
- Busiest day
- May 18, 19867 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| May 12, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 45 min |
| May 18, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 60 min |
| May 18, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Marengo | 60 min |
| May 18, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 60 min |
| May 18, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 50 min |
| May 18, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 70 min |
| May 18, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 60 min |
| May 18, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 65 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 57 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 57 min |
| May 24, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone | 63 min |
| May 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 65 min |
| May 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 50 min |
| May 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 60 min |
| May 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 62 min |
| May 24, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Franklin County2
- Marion County2
- Baldwin County1
- Choctaw County1
- Monroe County1
- Greene County1
- Marengo County1
- Sumter County1
- Hale County1
- Perry County1
- Dallas County1
- Escambia County1
- Montgomery County1
- Colbert County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Limestone County1
- Winston County1
- Fayette County1
- Cullman 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.