Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama
613 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 613
- Busiest year
- 202345 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 20over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Walker County198
- Fayette County196
- Lamar County194
- Jefferson County193
- Bibb County192
- Tuscaloosa County192
- Talladega County190
- Lawrence County189
- St. Clair County189
- Lauderdale County188
- Pickens County188
- Franklin County187
- Limestone County186
- Marion County186
- Winston County185
- Etowah County185
- Clay County185
- Blount County184
- Greene County184
- Shelby County184
- Madison County183
- Hale County183
- Colbert County180
- Calhoun County180
- Coosa County180
- Sumter County179
- Perry County179
- Morgan County177
- Marshall County177
- Cleburne County177
- Cherokee County176
- Chilton County176
- Tallapoosa County176
- Randolph County174
- Jackson County173
- Cullman County171
- Chambers County171
- DeKalb County169
- Elmore County166
- Marengo County166
27 more counties
- Autauga County164
- Dallas County163
- Macon County153
- Lowndes County153
- Lee County152
- Montgomery County150
- Clarke County147
- Russell County143
- Bullock County141
- Monroe County140
- Washington County139
- Conecuh County137
- Choctaw County133
- Wilcox County133
- Barbour County132
- Pike County132
- Henry County128
- Butler County126
- Crenshaw County126
- Houston County125
- Dale County124
- Covington County123
- Escambia County123
- Geneva County122
- Coffee County121
- Mobile County112
- Baldwin County109
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greene, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 44 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Conecuh and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more | 5 hr |
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.