Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, December 1987
16 severe thunderstorm warnings in December 1987. 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 December 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 16
- Busiest day
- December 15, 198716 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 12:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 59 min |
| Dec 15, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 66 min |
| Dec 15, 2:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 56 min |
| Dec 15, 2:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 63 min |
| Dec 15, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 60 min |
| Dec 15, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 60 min |
| Dec 15, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 60 min |
| Dec 15, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 48 min |
| Dec 15, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 61 min |
| Dec 15, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 58 min |
| Dec 15, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 58 min |
| Dec 15, 3:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga | 51 min |
| Dec 15, 3:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 66 min |
| Dec 15, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock | 61 min |
| Dec 15, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock, Pike | 45 min |
| Dec 15, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County2
- Shelby County2
- Bullock County2
- Pickens County1
- Greene County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Bibb County1
- Cullman County1
- St. Clair County1
- Talladega County1
- Blount County1
- Etowah County1
- Dallas County1
- Chilton County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cherokee County1
- Cleburne County1
- Clay County1
- Autauga County1
- Elmore County1
- Pike County1
- Coffee County1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19861988
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.