Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, May 2026
40 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 40
- Busiest day
- May 7, 202621 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 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 49 min |
| May 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Perry | 33 min |
| May 6, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 58 min |
| May 6, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Russell | 61 min |
| May 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 72 min |
| May 6, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter | 64 min |
| May 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 26 min |
| May 6, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter | 23 min |
| May 6, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 49 min |
| May 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 40 min |
| May 6, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 44 min |
| May 6, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 41 min |
| May 6, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 25 min |
| May 6, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 50 min |
| May 7, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 51 min |
| May 7, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 26 min |
| May 7, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 35 min |
| May 7, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 19 min |
| May 7, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 70 min |
| May 7, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| May 7, 7:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 56 min |
| May 7, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| May 7, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| May 7, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| May 7, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 44 min |
| May 7, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 42 min |
| May 8, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| May 22, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 34 min |
| May 22, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 21 min |
| May 22, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 36 min |
| May 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 11 min |
| May 22, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 49 min |
| May 23, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 46 min |
| May 23, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 35 min |
| May 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 34 min |
| May 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 42 min |
| May 31, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hale County5
- Marengo County4
- Sumter County4
- Dallas County4
- Perry County4
- Washington County4
- Choctaw County4
- Coffee County4
- Geneva County4
- Greene County3
- Clarke County3
- Baldwin County3
- Dale County3
- Autauga County2
- Elmore County2
- Montgomery County2
- Bullock County2
- Macon County2
- Monroe County2
- Butler County2
- Conecuh County2
- Covington County2
- Houston County2
- Mobile County2
- Cullman County2
- Madison County2
- Marshall County2
- Jackson County2
- Colbert County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Lowndes County1
- Barbour County1
- Russell County1
- Crenshaw County1
- Escambia County1
- Henry County1
- Morgan County1
- DeKalb County1
- Lawrence County1
Nearby
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.