Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, May 2008
116 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 116
- Busiest day
- May 11, 200831 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| May 3, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 42 min |
| May 3, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 32 min |
| May 3, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 23 min |
| May 3, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 39 min |
| May 3, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 49 min |
| May 3, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 41 min |
| May 3, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| May 3, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 38 min |
| May 3, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 59 min |
| May 3, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry | 57 min |
| May 3, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 58 min |
| May 3, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 28 min |
| May 3, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 50 min |
| May 8, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 38 min |
| May 8, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| May 8, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 53 min |
| May 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 60 min |
| May 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 49 min |
| May 8, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Talladega | 32 min |
| May 8, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 25 min |
| May 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 8, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 24 min |
| May 10, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 30 min |
| May 10, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 55 min |
| May 10, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 65 min |
| May 10, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 23 min |
| May 10, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 42 min |
| May 10, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 36 min |
| May 10, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker, Winston | 32 min |
| May 11, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 36 min |
| May 11, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Walker, Winston | 39 min |
| May 11, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 63 min |
| May 11, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Clay, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 40 min |
| May 11, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker | 52 min |
| May 11, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Walker | 46 min |
| May 11, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 52 min |
| May 11, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 32 min |
| May 11, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega | 42 min |
| May 11, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 46 min |
| May 11, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| May 11, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 46 min |
| May 11, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 11, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 40 min |
| May 11, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega | 40 min |
| May 11, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 45 min |
| May 11, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 50 min |
| May 11, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 23 min |
| May 11, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Jefferson, Randolph and 3 more | 46 min |
| May 11, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell | 29 min |
| May 11, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 39 min |
| May 11, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 16 min |
| May 11, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Coosa, Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 33 min |
| May 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Pike, Russell | 50 min |
| May 15, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 67 min |
| May 15, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 41 min |
| May 15, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 39 min |
| May 15, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| May 15, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 44 min |
| May 15, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 15, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 43 min |
| May 15, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall, Morgan | 36 min |
| May 18, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 24 min |
| May 18, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 18 min |
| May 20, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 23 min |
| May 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 15 min |
| May 20, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 30 min |
| May 20, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 18 min |
| May 20, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 20, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 24 min |
| May 20, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 29 min |
| May 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 27 min |
| May 20, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 24 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 18 min |
| May 20, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 13 min |
| May 20, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 16 min |
| May 20, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 25 min |
| May 20, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 37 min |
| May 20, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 51 min |
| May 20, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 48 min |
| May 20, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 53 min |
| May 20, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 19 min |
| May 20, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 61 min |
| May 20, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 53 min |
| May 20, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 31 min |
| May 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 23 min |
| May 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, St. Clair | 59 min |
| May 20, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 24 min |
| May 20, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 49 min |
| May 20, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega | 51 min |
| May 20, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 53 min |
| May 20, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 40 min |
| May 20, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 35 min |
| May 20, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 46 min |
| May 22, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 40 min |
| May 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| May 25, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| May 26, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 20 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 31 min |
| May 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 23 min |
| May 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 23 min |
| May 27, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 28 min |
| May 27, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lawrence | 50 min |
| May 27, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 17 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County12
- Jackson County11
- Fayette County11
- Walker County10
- Clay County9
- Cleburne County9
- Talladega County9
- Lawrence County9
- Madison County8
- Shelby County8
- Marshall County8
- Randolph County8
- Morgan County7
- Monroe County7
- Tuscaloosa County7
- DeKalb County7
- Clarke County6
- Baldwin County6
- Lamar County6
- Winston County6
- Lee County6
- Franklin County6
- St. Clair County6
- Tallapoosa County6
- Colbert County5
- Cullman County5
- Washington County5
- Marion County5
- Blount County5
- Coosa County5
- Calhoun County5
- Choctaw County4
- Wilcox County4
- Chilton County4
- Mobile County4
- Conecuh County4
- Macon County4
- Russell County4
- Chambers County4
- Marengo County3
21 more counties
- Escambia County3
- Limestone County3
- Bibb County3
- Bullock County3
- Lauderdale County2
- Autauga County2
- Dallas County2
- Butler County2
- Pickens County2
- Montgomery County2
- Etowah County2
- Cherokee County2
- Sumter County1
- Lowndes County1
- Perry County1
- Elmore County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Barbour County1
- Pike County1
- Covington 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.