Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2002
25 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- April8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 29, 20023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| May 2, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lauderdale | 7 hr |
| May 3, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Randolph | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Elmore and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 44 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Cullman and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 19 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Franklin County11
- Marion County10
- Morgan County10
- Winston County10
- Etowah County10
- Blount County9
- Colbert County9
- Cullman County9
- Lauderdale County9
- Lawrence County9
- Jefferson County9
- Marshall County9
- St. Clair County9
- Calhoun County9
- Limestone County8
- Madison County8
- Walker County8
- Cherokee County8
- Cleburne County8
- Talladega County8
- Clarke County7
- Washington County7
- Lamar County7
- DeKalb County7
- Fayette County7
- Jackson County7
- Randolph County7
- Clay County7
- Choctaw County6
- Greene County6
- Hale County6
- Perry County6
- Sumter County6
- Pickens County6
- Tuscaloosa County6
- Marengo County5
- Baldwin County5
- Escambia County5
- Mobile County5
- Covington County5
27 more counties
- Bibb County5
- Elmore County5
- Lee County5
- Shelby County5
- Conecuh County4
- Monroe County4
- Macon County4
- Autauga County4
- Chambers County4
- Chilton County4
- Coosa County4
- Tallapoosa County4
- Barbour County3
- Bullock County3
- Butler County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Henry County3
- Houston County3
- Wilcox County3
- Montgomery County3
- Coffee County2
- Dale County2
- Geneva County2
- Pike County2
- Russell County2
- Lowndes County2
- Dallas County1
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. Rebuilt daily.