Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, April 1988
49 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1988. 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 April 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 49
- Busiest day
- April 25, 198822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 69 min |
| Apr 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lee | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 52 min |
| Apr 23, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 69 min |
| Apr 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 18 min |
| Apr 25, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lowndes | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Macon | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Russell | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marengo County5
- Montgomery County3
- Calhoun County3
- Cleburne County3
- Wilcox County3
- Elmore County2
- Choctaw County2
- Autauga County2
- Clarke County2
- St. Clair County2
- Talladega County2
- Cherokee County2
- Chambers County2
- Mobile County1
- Baldwin County1
- Covington County1
- Washington County1
- Lee County1
- Morgan County1
- Sumter County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Perry County1
- Dallas County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Colbert County1
- Bibb County1
- Shelby County1
- Jefferson County1
- Walker County1
- Cullman County1
- Etowah County1
- Coosa County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Randolph County1
- Lowndes County1
- Macon County1
- Bullock County1
- Barbour County1
- Russell County1
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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.