Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, April 2012
5 severe thunderstorm watches in April 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 April 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
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- Busiest day
- April 5, 20124 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Autauga County3
- Bibb County3
- Chilton County3
- Dallas County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lowndes County3
- Perry County3
- Shelby County3
- Colbert County2
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Lamar County2
- Pickens County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Walker County2
- Bullock County2
- Chambers County2
- Coosa County2
- Elmore County2
- Lee County2
- Macon County2
- Montgomery County2
- Russell County2
- St. Clair County2
- Talladega County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Marion County1
- Winston County1
- Barbour County1
- Butler County1
- Choctaw County1
- Clarke County1
- Conecuh County1
- Covington County1
- Crenshaw County1
- Escambia County1
- Marengo County1
- Monroe County1
25 more counties
- Pike County1
- Sumter County1
- Washington County1
- Wilcox County1
- DeKalb County1
- Jackson County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Limestone County1
- Madison County1
- Marshall County1
- Morgan County1
- Coffee County1
- Dale County1
- Geneva County1
- Henry County1
- Houston County1
- Blount County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
- Cullman County1
- Etowah County1
- Randolph 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.