Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1988
56 tornado warnings in 1988. 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 56
- Busiest month
- November23 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- November 4, 198810 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 19, 12:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 67 min |
| Jan 19, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sumter | 50 min |
| Jan 19, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 54 min |
| Jan 19, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 6:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sumter | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Sumter | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Houston | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Lee, Macon | 59 min |
| May 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 40 min |
| May 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 42 min |
| May 22, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 40 min |
| May 22, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dale | 35 min |
| Sep 16, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dale | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Coffee, Pike | 35 min |
| Sep 16, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Macon | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 49 min |
| Sep 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 44 min |
| Nov 4, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Geneva | 55 min |
| Nov 4, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Nov 4, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Russell | 25 min |
| Nov 4, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 53 min |
| Nov 4, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Nov 4, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Nov 4, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert | 55 min |
| Nov 4, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 53 min |
| Nov 4, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 65 min |
| Nov 4, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 53 min |
| Nov 20, 12:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 40 min |
| Nov 20, 12:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 25 min |
| Nov 20, 12:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 34 min |
| Nov 20, 1:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 35 min |
| Nov 26, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 56 min |
| Nov 26, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Nov 26, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 31 min |
| Nov 26, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 15 min |
| Nov 26, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 65 min |
| Nov 26, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 40 min |
| Nov 26, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman, Walker | 64 min |
| Nov 26, 7:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| Nov 27, 12:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County5
- Greene County4
- Tuscaloosa County4
- Colbert County3
- Franklin County3
- Sumter County3
- Fayette County3
- Marion County2
- Cullman County2
- Marengo County2
- Hale County2
- Choctaw County2
- Cleburne County2
- Macon County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Pickens County2
- Dale County2
- Limestone County2
- Walker County2
- Houston County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lee County1
- Jackson County1
- Elmore County1
- Mobile County1
- Coffee County1
- Pike County1
- Clay County1
- Shelby County1
- Geneva County1
- Russell County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lamar County1
- Bibb County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.