Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 1998
27 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- June8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- February 26, 19982 severe thunderstorm watches
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 44 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 35 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Russell | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Henry, Russell | 5 hr |
| May 3, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 33 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Russell | 7 hr |
| May 3, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 33 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sumter | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Houston and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 10 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Coosa County13
- Clay County12
- Elmore County12
- Randolph County12
- Talladega County12
- Tallapoosa County12
- Barbour County11
- Bullock County11
- Chambers County11
- Chilton County11
- DeKalb County11
- Etowah County11
- Lee County11
- Macon County11
- Russell County11
- Autauga County10
- Cleburne County10
- Marshall County10
- St. Clair County10
- Calhoun County9
- Cherokee County9
- Montgomery County9
- Perry County9
- Pike County9
- Bibb County8
- Blount County8
- Butler County8
- Colbert County8
- Crenshaw County8
- Cullman County8
- Jackson County8
- Jefferson County8
- Lowndes County8
- Madison County8
- Morgan County8
- Shelby County8
- Wilcox County8
- Winston County8
- Washington County8
- Clarke County7
27 more counties
- Dallas County7
- Franklin County7
- Hale County7
- Lamar County7
- Lawrence County7
- Limestone County7
- Marion County7
- Lauderdale County7
- Sumter County7
- Conecuh County7
- Greene County6
- Marengo County6
- Tuscaloosa County6
- Baldwin County6
- Mobile County6
- Pickens County6
- Covington County6
- Geneva County6
- Monroe County6
- Choctaw County6
- Fayette County5
- Walker County5
- Coffee County5
- Dale County5
- Escambia County5
- Henry County5
- Houston County5
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.