Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2018
15 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- June6 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 21, 20184 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 10 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 1, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henry County6
- Houston County6
- Calhoun County5
- Cherokee County5
- Clay County5
- Cleburne County5
- Talladega County5
- DeKalb County4
- Jackson County4
- Madison County4
- Marshall County4
- Coosa County4
- Etowah County4
- Greene County4
- Pickens County4
- St. Clair County4
- Chambers County4
- Lee County4
- Randolph County4
- Tallapoosa County4
- Geneva County4
- Limestone County3
- Morgan County3
- Walker County3
- Blount County3
- Chilton County3
- Hale County3
- Jefferson County3
- Perry County3
- Shelby County3
- Sumter County3
- Elmore County3
- Macon County3
- Barbour County3
- Bullock County3
- Russell County3
- Coffee County3
- Dale County3
- Colbert County2
- Cullman County2
27 more counties
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Lamar County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Lawrence County2
- Marion County2
- Winston County2
- Bibb County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Autauga County2
- Pike County2
- Baldwin County2
- Butler County2
- Clarke County2
- Conecuh County2
- Covington County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Escambia County2
- Mobile County2
- Monroe County2
- Washington County2
- Wilcox County2
- Lowndes County1
- Montgomery County1
- Choctaw County1
- Dallas County1
- Marengo County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.