Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2006
31 severe thunderstorm watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 31
- Busiest month
- May15 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 10, 20064 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 30, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Cullman, Dallas and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Colbert and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun and 45 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 21, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 7 hr |
| May 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 9, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 28 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 25 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 31 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall | 8 hr |
| May 20, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| May 20, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall | 9 hr |
| May 21, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 6 hr |
| May 26, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 4 hr |
| May 26, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion | 5 hr |
| Oct 19, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Limestone County14
- Madison County14
- Jackson County12
- Fayette County11
- Lamar County11
- Pickens County11
- Tuscaloosa County11
- DeKalb County11
- Lauderdale County11
- Bibb County10
- Chilton County10
- Marion County10
- Marshall County10
- Morgan County10
- Blount County9
- Etowah County9
- Greene County9
- Hale County9
- Jefferson County9
- Perry County9
- Shelby County9
- Tallapoosa County9
- Walker County9
- Lawrence County9
- Winston County9
- Conecuh County8
- Monroe County8
- Calhoun County8
- Cherokee County8
- Clay County8
- Coosa County8
- Dallas County8
- Randolph County8
- Sumter County8
- Talladega County8
- Colbert County8
- Cullman County8
- Franklin County8
- Chambers County8
- Butler County7
27 more counties
- Autauga County7
- Clarke County7
- Cleburne County7
- Lowndes County7
- Marengo County7
- St. Clair County7
- Bullock County6
- Coffee County6
- Covington County6
- Crenshaw County6
- Dale County6
- Escambia County6
- Geneva County6
- Henry County6
- Houston County6
- Montgomery County6
- Washington County6
- Baldwin County5
- Mobile County5
- Pike County5
- Choctaw County5
- Elmore County5
- Macon County5
- Barbour County4
- Russell County4
- Wilcox County4
- Lee County4
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.