Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2020
11 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- April3 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 12, 20202 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Greene and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 29 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 17 more | 113 min |
| May 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 4 hr |
| May 4, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greene County6
- Hale County6
- Sumter County6
- Bibb County5
- Lowndes County5
- Marengo County5
- Perry County5
- Jackson County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Limestone County4
- Madison County4
- Pickens County4
- Shelby County4
- Tuscaloosa County4
- Autauga County4
- Barbour County4
- Bullock County4
- Dallas County4
- Elmore County4
- Macon County4
- Montgomery County4
- Pike County4
- Russell County4
- Clarke County4
- Lee County4
- Wilcox County4
- DeKalb County3
- Fayette County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lamar County3
- Walker County3
- Butler County3
- Chambers County3
- Chilton County3
- Choctaw County3
- Clay County3
- Conecuh County3
- Coosa County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Monroe County3
27 more counties
- Randolph County3
- Talladega County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Washington County3
- Blount County2
- Colbert County2
- Cullman County2
- Franklin County2
- Lawrence County2
- Marion County2
- Marshall County2
- Morgan County2
- St. Clair County2
- Winston County2
- Baldwin County2
- Coffee County2
- Covington County2
- Dale County2
- Escambia County2
- Geneva County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Mobile County2
- Cherokee County1
- Etowah County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cleburne 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.