Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2026
13 severe thunderstorm watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- June3 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 1, 20262 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 9, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Conecuh and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 44 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greene, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 5 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lamar County6
- Pickens County6
- Colbert County6
- Franklin County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Lawrence County6
- Greene County6
- Sumter County6
- Bibb County5
- Fayette County5
- Marion County5
- Tuscaloosa County5
- Walker County5
- Winston County5
- Limestone County5
- Madison County5
- Morgan County5
- Conecuh County5
- Hale County5
- Marengo County5
- Monroe County5
- Perry County5
- Blount County4
- Calhoun County4
- Cherokee County4
- Etowah County4
- Jefferson County4
- St. Clair County4
- Shelby County4
- Talladega County4
- Butler County4
- Choctaw County4
- Clarke County4
- Dallas County4
- Cullman County4
- DeKalb County4
- Jackson County4
- Marshall County4
- Chambers County3
- Chilton County3
27 more counties
- Clay County3
- Cleburne County3
- Coosa County3
- Randolph County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Covington County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Lowndes County3
- Wilcox County3
- Autauga County3
- Baldwin County3
- Escambia County3
- Mobile County3
- Washington County3
- Elmore County2
- Coffee County2
- Dale County2
- Geneva County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Barbour County1
- Bullock County1
- Lee County1
- Macon County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pike County1
- Russell County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.