Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, May 2020
52 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 52
- Busiest day
- May 22, 202016 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 3, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 45 min |
| May 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 32 min |
| May 3, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison | 49 min |
| May 4, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 49 min |
| May 4, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 38 min |
| May 4, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 33 min |
| May 4, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 34 min |
| May 17, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 34 min |
| May 17, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| May 17, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 41 min |
| May 21, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 39 min |
| May 22, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 65 min |
| May 22, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 46 min |
| May 22, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 62 min |
| May 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 43 min |
| May 22, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 26 min |
| May 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 37 min |
| May 22, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 65 min |
| May 22, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 19 min |
| May 22, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Talladega | 24 min |
| May 22, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 37 min |
| May 22, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 45 min |
| May 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 23 min |
| May 22, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 22, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 21 min |
| May 22, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 25 min |
| May 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 27 min |
| May 22, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 16 min |
| May 22, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 34 min |
| May 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 19 min |
| May 23, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 26 min |
| May 23, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 46 min |
| May 23, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 23 min |
| May 23, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 28 min |
| May 23, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 23 min |
| May 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 34 min |
| May 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 21 min |
| May 27, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 53 min |
| May 27, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 45 min |
| May 27, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 53 min |
| May 27, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 42 min |
| May 27, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 44 min |
| May 27, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 40 min |
| May 27, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 62 min |
| May 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 22 min |
| May 27, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| May 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 21 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County6
- Madison County5
- Monroe County5
- Mobile County5
- Lauderdale County4
- Choctaw County4
- Clarke County4
- Crenshaw County4
- Washington County4
- Baldwin County4
- Colbert County3
- Lawrence County3
- Limestone County3
- Morgan County3
- Cullman County3
- Butler County3
- Sumter County3
- Escambia County3
- DeKalb County2
- Henry County2
- Talladega County2
- Greene County2
- Pickens County2
- Conecuh County2
- Wilcox County1
- Barbour County1
- Montgomery County1
- Clay County1
- Coosa County1
- Shelby County1
- Jefferson County1
- Marshall County1
- Lamar County1
- Geneva 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.