Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, May 2002

8 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
8
Busiest day
May 3, 20023 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLauderdale7 hr
May 3, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 22 more6 hr
May 3, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRandolph6 hr
May 3, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 16 more5 hr
May 10, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Elmore and 6 more5 hr
May 13, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson and 2 more5 hr
May 17, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 3 more6 hr
May 17, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 44 more5 hr

By county

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

16 more counties

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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.