Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, May 2008
3 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20081 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chilton County2
- Coosa County2
- Covington County2
- Autauga County1
- Baldwin County1
- Butler County1
- Clarke County1
- Conecuh County1
- Crenshaw County1
- Dallas County1
- Elmore County1
- Escambia County1
- Lowndes County1
- Marengo County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Perry County1
- Wilcox County1
- Bibb County1
- Blount County1
- Calhoun County1
- Chambers County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
- Cullman County1
- Etowah County1
- Fayette County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lamar County1
- Marion County1
- Pickens County1
- Randolph County1
- St. Clair County1
- Shelby County1
- Talladega County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
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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.