Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, April 1997
117 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 117
- Busiest day
- April 22, 199742 severe thunderstorm warnings
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By day
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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 5, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 12:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 71 min |
| Apr 5, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 68 min |
| Apr 21, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Apr 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lawrence | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Monroe | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 58 min |
| Apr 21, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Morgan | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 56 min |
| Apr 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon, Tallapoosa | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County9
- Washington County7
- Mobile County7
- Clarke County7
- Monroe County5
- Choctaw County4
- Wilcox County4
- Lowndes County4
- Conecuh County4
- Limestone County4
- Montgomery County4
- St. Clair County4
- Sumter County3
- Dallas County3
- Madison County3
- Calhoun County3
- Talladega County3
- Blount County3
- Autauga County3
- Elmore County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Covington County3
- Etowah County3
- Marion County2
- Franklin County2
- Butler County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Colbert County2
- Lawrence County2
- Winston County2
- Shelby County2
- Clay County2
- Marengo County2
- Macon County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Marshall County2
- DeKalb County2
- Lamar County1
- Morgan County1
- Jackson County1
22 more counties
- Cleburne County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Jefferson County1
- Walker County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Chilton County1
- Coosa County1
- Chambers County1
- Randolph County1
- Bullock County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Pike County1
- Coffee County1
- Dale County1
- Geneva County1
- Barbour County1
- Henry County1
- Escambia County1
- Cherokee County1
- Cullman 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.