Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1986
30 tornado warnings in 1986. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 30
- Busiest month
- March16 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 12, 198614 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 25 min |
| Feb 4, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sumter | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 67 min |
| Mar 12, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 7:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 7:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 63 min |
| May 18, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 60 min |
| May 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 60 min |
| May 24, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 62 min |
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 60 min |
| May 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 53 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 55 min |
| Nov 26, 2:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dale | 55 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pickens County5
- Fayette County4
- Lamar County4
- Cullman County4
- Marion County3
- Winston County3
- Franklin County2
- Lawrence County2
- Choctaw County1
- Greene County1
- Wilcox County1
- Sumter County1
- Colbert County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Walker County1
- Blount County1
- Clarke County1
- Escambia County1
- Morgan County1
- Baldwin County1
- Mobile County1
- Dale 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. Rebuilt daily.