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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Calhoun County5
- Cherokee County5
- Etowah County5
- Clay County4
- Cleburne County4
- Randolph County4
- St. Clair County4
- Talladega County4
- Lauderdale County3
- Colbert County3
- DeKalb County3
- Franklin County3
- Jackson County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lawrence County3
- Limestone County3
- Madison County3
- Marion County3
- Marshall County3
- Morgan County3
- Shelby County3
- Winston County3
- Elmore County3
- Blount County2
- Cullman County2
- Fayette County2
- Lamar County2
- Pickens County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Walker County2
- Autauga County2
- Bibb County2
- Chambers County2
- Chilton County2
- Coosa County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Lee County2
- Perry County2
- Sumter County2
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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.