Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, May 1988
51 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 51
- Busiest day
- May 10, 198819 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 8, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 57 min |
| May 9, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 65 min |
| May 9, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 41 min |
| May 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 62 min |
| May 9, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa | 55 min |
| May 9, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 52 min |
| May 10, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 55 min |
| May 10, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 59 min |
| May 10, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 61 min |
| May 10, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Elmore | 62 min |
| May 10, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 69 min |
| May 10, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Macon | 45 min |
| May 10, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 28 min |
| May 10, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 64 min |
| May 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Russell | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 41 min |
| May 10, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 67 min |
| May 10, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Macon | 67 min |
| May 10, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 69 min |
| May 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 52 min |
| May 16, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 55 min |
| May 16, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 57 min |
| May 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 41 min |
| May 16, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 39 min |
| May 16, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 66 min |
| May 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion | 59 min |
| May 22, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 63 min |
| May 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 54 min |
| May 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 59 min |
| May 22, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 67 min |
| May 23, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 34 min |
| May 23, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 57 min |
| May 23, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 64 min |
| May 24, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 40 min |
| May 24, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 37 min |
| May 24, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 42 min |
| May 24, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 67 min |
| May 24, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 51 min |
| May 24, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 62 min |
| May 24, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 59 min |
| May 24, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 51 min |
| May 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock | 60 min |
| May 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| May 24, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 22 min |
| May 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 59 min |
| May 24, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 58 min |
| May 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 28 min |
| May 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County5
- Elmore County4
- Walker County3
- Choctaw County3
- Jefferson County2
- Blount County2
- Macon County2
- Clarke County2
- Monroe County2
- Butler County2
- Chilton County2
- Escambia County2
- Pickens County2
- Fayette County2
- Perry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Marengo County2
- Colbert County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Coosa County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Etowah County1
- Cullman County1
- Winston County1
- Autauga County1
- Russell County1
- Barbour County1
- Conecuh County1
- Talladega County1
- Lamar County1
- Marion County1
- Limestone County1
- Morgan County1
- Madison County1
- Bibb County1
- Dallas County1
- Bullock County1
- Mobile County1
- Houston 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.