Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2008
20 severe thunderstorm watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 20
- Busiest month
- February6 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- February 26, 20084 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
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 21, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Marengo, Sumter, Washington | 7 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw and 18 more | 8 hr |
| May 3, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Chilton, Clarke, Conecuh and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 20 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chilton County10
- Cleburne County10
- Coosa County10
- Bibb County9
- Chambers County9
- Clay County9
- Randolph County9
- Shelby County9
- Tallapoosa County9
- Fayette County9
- Jefferson County9
- Walker County9
- Greene County8
- Marengo County8
- Talladega County8
- Lamar County8
- Pickens County8
- Tuscaloosa County8
- Blount County8
- Calhoun County8
- Cherokee County8
- Etowah County8
- St. Clair County8
- Sumter County7
- Autauga County7
- Elmore County7
- Hale County7
- Perry County7
- Cullman County7
- Lawrence County7
- Limestone County7
- Marion County7
- Winston County7
- Choctaw County6
- Clarke County6
- Dallas County6
- Lee County6
- Lowndes County6
- Montgomery County6
- Colbert County6
27 more counties
- DeKalb County6
- Franklin County6
- Jackson County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Madison County6
- Marshall County6
- Morgan County6
- Washington County5
- Monroe County5
- Wilcox County5
- Macon County4
- Butler County4
- Conecuh County4
- Covington County4
- Baldwin County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Escambia County3
- Coffee County3
- Dale County3
- Geneva County3
- Henry County3
- Houston County3
- Barbour County2
- Bullock County2
- Pike County2
- Russell County2
- Mobile County2
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.