Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, August 2012
3 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- August 1, 20121 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hale County3
- Sumter County3
- Greene County2
- Lawrence County2
- Pickens County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Bibb County2
- Chilton County2
- Dallas County2
- Jefferson County2
- Marengo County2
- Perry County2
- Shelby County2
- Colbert County1
- Fayette County1
- Franklin County1
- Lamar County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Marion County1
- Walker County1
- Winston County1
- Autauga County1
- Coosa County1
- Elmore County1
- Lowndes County1
- Montgomery County1
- Blount County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cherokee County1
- Choctaw County1
- Clarke County1
- Cullman County1
- DeKalb County1
- Etowah County1
- Jackson County1
- Limestone County1
- Madison County1
- Marshall County1
- Morgan County1
- St. Clair County1
3 more counties
Nearby
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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.