Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, May 2023
45 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 45
- Busiest day
- May 18, 202312 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 9, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 43 min |
| May 9, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 29 min |
| May 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| May 9, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| May 9, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 36 min |
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 24 min |
| May 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 32 min |
| May 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 36 min |
| May 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 37 min |
| May 12, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 28 min |
| May 12, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 47 min |
| May 12, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 44 min |
| May 12, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 32 min |
| May 12, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 50 min |
| May 12, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 50 min |
| May 15, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert | 23 min |
| May 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 20 min |
| May 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 27 min |
| May 16, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 16, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| May 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 19 min |
| May 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 17 min |
| May 17, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 37 min |
| May 17, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 30 min |
| May 17, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 29 min |
| May 17, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 52 min |
| May 18, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 28 min |
| May 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 47 min |
| May 18, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 29 min |
| May 18, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 33 min |
| May 18, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 26 min |
| May 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone | 30 min |
| May 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 28 min |
| May 18, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry | 23 min |
| May 18, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 16 min |
| May 18, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 39 min |
| May 18, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 17 min |
| May 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 26 min |
| May 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 41 min |
| May 18, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 25 min |
| May 18, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 51 min |
| May 20, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Limestone County7
- Madison County7
- Dale County5
- Henry County5
- Talladega County4
- Geneva County4
- Coosa County3
- Lawrence County3
- Morgan County3
- Coffee County3
- Jackson County3
- Calhoun County3
- Russell County3
- Tallapoosa County2
- Macon County2
- Houston County2
- Jefferson County2
- Shelby County2
- Bibb County2
- Elmore County1
- Colbert County1
- Baldwin County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Monroe County1
- Wilcox County1
- Clarke County1
- Marshall County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Hale County1
- Perry County1
- Blount County1
- Walker County1
- Lee County1
- Barbour 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.