Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, May 2017
3 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20172 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 12, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 5 hr |
| May 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 13 more | 8 hr |
| May 28, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 6 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County1
- Escambia County1
- Mobile County1
- Blount County1
- Cherokee County1
- Colbert County1
- Cullman County1
- DeKalb County1
- Etowah County1
- Fayette County1
- Franklin County1
- Jackson County1
- Lamar County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Limestone County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Morgan County1
- Walker County1
- Winston County1
- Calhoun County1
- Chambers County1
- Chilton County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
- Coosa County1
- Jefferson County1
- Randolph County1
- St. Clair County1
- Shelby County1
- Talladega County1
- Tallapoosa County1
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.