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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 1997

35 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
35
Busiest month
May9 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 27, 19974 severe thunderstorm watches

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 6 more6 hr
Jan 4, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 20 more5 hr
Jan 5, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 13 more6 hr
Jan 8, 10:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 25 more6 hr
Jan 24, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 21 more6 hr
Mar 30, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 19 more5 hr
Apr 5, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw and 35 more7 hr
Apr 5, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more4 hr
Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 6 more6 hr
Apr 21, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison7 hr
Apr 21, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more4 hr
Apr 21, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin and 11 more5 hr
Apr 28, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 15 more5 hr
May 3, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 23 more6 hr
May 3, 7:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRussell6 hr
May 9, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Cleburne, Randolph5 hr
May 9, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 12 more6 hr
May 26, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson and 13 more5 hr
May 27, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more4 hr
May 27, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRussell6 hr
May 27, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 16 more6 hr
May 28, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Mobile, Washington6 hr
Jun 14, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 23 more5 hr
Jun 16, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson and 14 more7 hr
Jun 17, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 20 more6 hr
Jun 18, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more6 hr
Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 14 more6 hr
Jul 8, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSumter6 hr
Aug 18, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRussell6 hr
Oct 25, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCleburne6 hr
Nov 21, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRussell5 hr
Nov 21, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more5 hr
Nov 30, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette and 13 more5 hr
Nov 30, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Cleburne, Randolph7 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 27, 19974severe thunderstorm watches
  2. January 5, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  3. April 21, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  4. April 5, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  5. April 11, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  6. May 3, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  7. May 9, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  8. November 22, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  9. November 30, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  10. January 8, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  11. January 25, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  12. March 30, 19971severe thunderstorm watches

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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.