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Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1996
144 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 144
- Busiest month
- March44 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 6, 199616 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 18, 12:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Jan 18, 12:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens | 38 min |
| Jan 18, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
| Jan 26, 1:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 52 min |
| Jan 26, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 56 min |
| Jan 26, 6:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 34 min |
| Jan 26, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Jan 26, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 67 min |
| Jan 26, 6:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 68 min |
| Jan 30, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 6:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 57 min |
| Jan 30, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 22 min |
| Jan 30, 6:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 43 min |
| Jan 30, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 56 min |
| Jan 30, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 42 min |
| Feb 19, 3:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 57 min |
| Feb 19, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 37 min |
| Feb 19, 3:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 32 min |
| Feb 19, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 65 min |
| Feb 19, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 59 min |
| Feb 19, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 4:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 48 min |
| Mar 6, 4:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 4:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 5:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 5:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 5:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 69 min |
| Mar 6, 8:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 66 min |
| Mar 6, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 59 min |
| Mar 6, 9:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 1:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 58 min |
| Mar 18, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 4:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 69 min |
| Mar 18, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 63 min |
| Mar 18, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 58 min |
| Mar 18, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 6:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 57 min |
| Mar 18, 6:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 81 min |
| Mar 18, 6:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 7:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 7:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 67 min |
| Mar 18, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 8:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 69 min |
| Mar 18, 9:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 8:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 66 min |
| Apr 20, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 63 min |
| Apr 20, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 65 min |
| Apr 20, 9:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 69 min |
| Apr 20, 10:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 66 min |
| Apr 20, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 68 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 60 min |
| May 27, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 57 min |
| May 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 66 min |
| May 28, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 64 min |
| Sep 16, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 52 min |
| Sep 16, 7:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 56 min |
| Sep 16, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 58 min |
| Sep 16, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 36 min |
| Sep 16, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 36 min |
| Sep 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 51 min |
| Sep 16, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 26 min |
| Oct 18, 12:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 68 min |
| Nov 7, 2:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 34 min |
| Nov 7, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 17 min |
| Nov 7, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 25 min |
| Nov 7, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 32 min |
| Nov 7, 4:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 48 min |
| Nov 7, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 5:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 25 min |
| Nov 7, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 29 min |
| Nov 7, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Nov 7, 5:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 48 min |
| Nov 7, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 45 min |
| Nov 7, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 35 min |
| Nov 7, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 50 min |
| Nov 7, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 28 min |
| Nov 7, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 46 min |
| Nov 7, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 49 min |
| Nov 25, 2:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 58 min |
| Nov 25, 2:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 54 min |
| Nov 30, 10:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 50 min |
| Nov 30, 10:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 63 min |
| Nov 30, 11:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 11:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 47 min |
| Dec 1, 1:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 51 min |
| Dec 1, 1:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 25 min |
| Dec 1, 1:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Dec 1, 1:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 46 min |
| Dec 1, 1:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 30 min |
| Dec 1, 1:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 41 min |
| Dec 1, 1:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 46 min |
| Dec 1, 2:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 40 min |
| Dec 1, 2:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 36 min |
| Dec 1, 2:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 45 min |
| Dec 1, 2:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Elmore County8
- Clarke County7
- Coosa County7
- Chilton County6
- Lowndes County6
- Talladega County6
- Clay County6
- Tallapoosa County6
- Lauderdale County5
- Calhoun County5
- Pickens County4
- Greene County4
- Shelby County4
- Washington County4
- Dallas County4
- Montgomery County4
- Limestone County4
- Randolph County4
- Fayette County3
- Sumter County3
- Bibb County3
- Autauga County3
- Blount County3
- Jefferson County3
- St. Clair County3
- Lamar County3
- Walker County3
- Chambers County3
- Madison County3
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Baldwin County2
- Monroe County2
- Hale County2
- Perry County2
- Bullock County2
- Macon County2
- Lee County2
- Lawrence County2
- Cleburne County2
- Wilcox 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. Rebuilt daily.