Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2009
24 severe thunderstorm watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- May7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20093 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 24 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Chilton, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 8 more | 8 hr |
| May 3, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 29 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 3 hr |
| May 6, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 27 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Hale and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 44 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 28 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 13 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bibb County11
- Shelby County11
- Greene County10
- Hale County10
- Perry County10
- Talladega County10
- Jefferson County10
- Tuscaloosa County10
- Chilton County9
- Clay County9
- Dallas County9
- Randolph County9
- Pickens County9
- Walker County9
- St. Clair County9
- Cullman County9
- Autauga County8
- Chambers County8
- Coosa County8
- Lowndes County8
- Sumter County8
- Tallapoosa County8
- Fayette County8
- Lamar County8
- Calhoun County8
- Cleburne County8
- Colbert County8
- DeKalb County8
- Franklin County8
- Jackson County8
- Lauderdale County8
- Lawrence County8
- Limestone County8
- Madison County8
- Marshall County8
- Morgan County8
- Blount County8
- Etowah County8
- Choctaw County7
- Conecuh County7
27 more counties
- Elmore County7
- Lee County7
- Macon County7
- Marengo County7
- Monroe County7
- Montgomery County7
- Wilcox County7
- Cherokee County7
- Marion County7
- Winston County7
- Barbour County6
- Bullock County6
- Butler County6
- Clarke County6
- Crenshaw County6
- Pike County6
- Russell County6
- Washington County6
- Coffee County6
- Dale County6
- Henry County6
- Covington County5
- Escambia County5
- Geneva County5
- Houston County5
- Baldwin County3
- Mobile County3
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.