Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2025
21 severe thunderstorm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 21
- Busiest month
- May12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 31, 20253 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Lamar, Lauderdale and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 42 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 36 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 8 hr |
| May 2, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 30 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 17 more | 8 hr |
| May 17, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 4 hr |
| May 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 31 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coffee and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tallapoosa County12
- Chambers County11
- Clay County10
- Coosa County10
- Lee County10
- Macon County10
- Randolph County10
- Russell County10
- Cleburne County9
- Elmore County9
- Barbour County8
- Bullock County8
- Calhoun County8
- Cherokee County8
- DeKalb County8
- Etowah County8
- Jackson County8
- Marshall County8
- Pike County8
- St. Clair County8
- Colbert County8
- Fayette County8
- Franklin County8
- Lamar County8
- Lauderdale County8
- Lawrence County8
- Limestone County8
- Marion County8
- Pickens County8
- Tuscaloosa County8
- Walker County8
- Winston County8
- Talladega County7
- Greene County7
- Sumter County7
- Blount County7
- Chilton County7
- Cullman County7
- Dallas County7
- Jefferson County7
27 more counties
- Madison County7
- Morgan County7
- Perry County7
- Autauga County6
- Bibb County6
- Hale County6
- Marengo County6
- Montgomery County6
- Shelby County6
- Lowndes County5
- Choctaw County4
- Clarke County4
- Conecuh County4
- Crenshaw County4
- Monroe County4
- Washington County4
- Wilcox County4
- Butler County3
- Coffee County3
- Dale County3
- Geneva County3
- Henry County3
- Houston County3
- Baldwin County2
- Covington County2
- Escambia County2
- Mobile County2
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.