Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, May 1997
9 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- May 27, 19974 severe thunderstorm watches
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, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Russell | 6 hr |
| May 9, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chambers, Cleburne, Randolph | 5 hr |
| May 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 27, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Russell | 6 hr |
| May 27, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Russell County5
- Baldwin County3
- Barbour County3
- Bullock County3
- Butler County3
- Chambers County3
- Choctaw County3
- Clarke County3
- Coffee County3
- Covington County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Dale County3
- Henry County3
- Lowndes County3
- Mobile County3
- Pike County3
- Washington County3
- Autauga County2
- Conecuh County2
- Elmore County2
- Escambia County2
- Geneva County2
- Houston County2
- Lee County2
- Macon County2
- Monroe County2
- Montgomery County2
- Wilcox County2
- Colbert County2
- Franklin County2
- Lamar County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Lawrence County2
- Limestone County2
- Marion County2
- Dallas County1
- Cleburne County1
- Randolph County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Blount 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.