Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings / 1989
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, March 1989
23 tornado warnings in March 1989. 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 March 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- March 5, 198913 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 5, 12:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 68 min |
| Mar 5, 6:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 12:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 1:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 68 min |
| Mar 5, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dallas | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 65 min |
| Mar 5, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| Mar 5, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 55 min |
| Mar 5, 2:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 2:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Talladega | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 8:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Autauga, Dallas | 67 min |
| Mar 15, 9:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Elmore | 61 min |
| Mar 15, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Mar 21, 2:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 2:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 66 min |
| Mar 21, 8:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dale | 42 min |
| Mar 21, 6:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 10:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 10:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County4
- Franklin County3
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Dallas County2
- Colbert County1
- Lawrence County1
- Blount County1
- Chilton County1
- Marshall County1
- Walker County1
- Hale County1
- Perry County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clay County1
- Talladega County1
- Cherokee County1
- Autauga County1
- Elmore County1
- Montgomery County1
- Bibb County1
- Shelby County1
- Dale County1
- Marion County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.