Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2012
24 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- April5 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20124 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Colbert, Dallas, Fayette and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 34 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 21 more | 3 hr |
| May 6, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 9 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 11 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County11
- Shelby County10
- Tuscaloosa County10
- Bibb County10
- Colbert County9
- Franklin County9
- Fayette County9
- Lamar County9
- St. Clair County9
- Chilton County9
- Lauderdale County8
- Lawrence County8
- Pickens County8
- Talladega County8
- Walker County8
- Dallas County8
- Hale County8
- Perry County8
- Blount County7
- Calhoun County7
- Marion County7
- Coosa County7
- Clay County6
- Cleburne County6
- Etowah County6
- Randolph County6
- Autauga County6
- Greene County6
- Lowndes County6
- Elmore County6
- Sumter County6
- Cullman County5
- Limestone County5
- Morgan County5
- Winston County5
- Chambers County5
- Lee County5
- Macon County5
- Marengo County5
- Montgomery County5
27 more counties
- Tallapoosa County5
- Madison County4
- Marshall County4
- Cherokee County4
- Clarke County4
- Russell County4
- Wilcox County4
- Geneva County4
- Henry County4
- Houston County4
- DeKalb County3
- Jackson County3
- Bullock County3
- Choctaw County3
- Washington County3
- Coffee County3
- Dale County3
- Butler County2
- Conecuh County2
- Covington County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Escambia County2
- Monroe County2
- Baldwin County2
- Barbour County1
- Pike County1
- Mobile County1
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. Rebuilt daily.