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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2024

17 severe thunderstorm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
17
Busiest month
May9 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 27, 20243 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 10:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Marengo, Monroe, Sumter and 2 more4 hr
Mar 15, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton and 36 more7 hr
Mar 15, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 12 more7 hr
May 9, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 25 more6 hr
May 9, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 25 more8 hr
May 10, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
May 13, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 10 more6 hr
May 14, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more6 hr
May 25, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more7 hr
May 27, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 14 more5 hr
May 27, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 5 more8 hr
May 27, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 5 more5 hr
Jun 9, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 27 more4 hr
Jun 26, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo and 7 more4 hr
Aug 17, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and 2 more5 hr
Aug 18, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more7 hr
Aug 18, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 7 more9 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 27, 20243severe thunderstorm watches
  2. March 15, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  3. May 10, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  4. August 18, 20242severe thunderstorm watches
  5. January 25, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  6. May 9, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  7. May 13, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  8. May 14, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  9. May 25, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  10. June 9, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 26, 20241severe thunderstorm watches
  12. August 17, 20241severe thunderstorm watches

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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.