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Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1997

192 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings: 192
Busiest month: October48 tornado warnings
Busiest day: October 25, 199723 tornado warnings

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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 15, 6:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	61 min
Jan 15, 6:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	57 min
Jan 15, 6:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	64 min
Jan 15, 6:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	68 min
Jan 15, 10:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	67 min
Jan 24, 5:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	58 min
Jan 24, 7:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga	35 min
Jan 24, 7:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	51 min
Jan 24, 8:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	60 min
Jan 24, 8:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	55 min
Jan 24, 2:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	33 min
Jan 24, 2:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cullman	61 min
Jan 24, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Morgan	63 min
Jan 24, 3:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	33 min
Jan 24, 4:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cullman	12 min
Jan 24, 4:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall	55 min
Jan 24, 4:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lawrence	59 min
Jan 24, 4:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	48 min
Jan 24, 4:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	51 min
Jan 24, 5:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	DeKalb, Marshall	56 min
Jan 24, 5:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	56 min
Jan 24, 5:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	49 min
Jan 24, 5:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison	63 min
Jan 24, 5:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jackson	64 min
Jan 24, 5:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Morgan	43 min
Jan 24, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	41 min
Jan 24, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Morgan	41 min
Jan 24, 6:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Franklin	60 min
Jan 24, 6:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	43 min
Jan 24, 6:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Talladega	37 min
Jan 24, 6:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall	61 min
Jan 24, 7:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	44 min
Jan 24, 7:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	53 min
Jan 24, 7:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Etowah	52 min
Jan 24, 8:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	36 min
Jan 24, 8:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	47 min
Jan 24, 9:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, St. Clair	27 min
Feb 21, 5:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	52 min
Feb 21, 5:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	69 min
Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	60 min
Feb 21, 6:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lawrence	45 min
Feb 21, 10:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore	48 min
Feb 21, 10:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	41 min
Feb 21, 10:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	48 min
Feb 21, 11:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	29 min
Feb 28, 8:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	46 min
Feb 28, 8:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	37 min
Mar 1, 2:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert, Lauderdale	64 min
Mar 2, 11:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	67 min
Mar 3, 12:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence	60 min
Mar 3, 12:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Franklin	60 min
Mar 3, 2:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Limestone	57 min
Mar 3, 2:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison, Morgan	64 min
Mar 3, 4:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	65 min
Mar 5, 1:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison	41 min
Mar 13, 2:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon, Montgomery	48 min
Mar 13, 3:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	52 min
Mar 13, 3:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	31 min
Mar 13, 5:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon	50 min
Mar 25, 6:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	31 min
Mar 25, 7:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	46 min
Apr 22, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb	35 min
Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	35 min
Apr 22, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	46 min
Apr 22, 3:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	48 min
Apr 22, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	DeKalb	30 min
Apr 22, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	48 min
Apr 22, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	36 min
Apr 22, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	41 min
Apr 22, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	59 min
Apr 22, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	43 min
Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	49 min
Apr 22, 11:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	46 min
Apr 28, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	DeKalb	69 min
Apr 28, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall	59 min
May 2, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	64 min
May 2, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lauderdale	52 min
May 2, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Limestone	58 min
May 2, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Morgan	66 min
May 2, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison	66 min
May 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	35 min
May 2, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall	69 min
May 2, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jackson	66 min
May 2, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	50 min
May 2, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	34 min
May 2, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	DeKalb	69 min
May 2, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	51 min
May 2, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Franklin, Lawrence	55 min
May 2, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Morgan	55 min
May 2, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	45 min
May 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cullman	47 min
May 2, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall	61 min
May 2, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	DeKalb	49 min
May 2, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	33 min
May 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	61 min
May 2, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	78 min
May 2, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	48 min
May 2, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	64 min
May 2, 10:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	65 min
May 2, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cullman	62 min
May 2, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	63 min
May 2, 11:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	49 min
May 2, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	50 min
May 2, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall	43 min
May 3, 12:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Etowah	45 min
May 3, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	48 min
May 25, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison	67 min
May 26, 10:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert, Franklin	67 min
May 26, 11:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	36 min
Jun 16, 1:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert	67 min
Jun 16, 1:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lawrence	62 min
Jun 16, 1:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Limestone	55 min
Jun 16, 2:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Franklin	58 min
Jun 16, 2:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert, Lawrence	55 min
Jun 16, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Morgan	57 min
Jun 16, 3:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison	62 min
Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Morgan	59 min
Jun 16, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall	55 min
Jun 16, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Talladega	47 min
Jun 16, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	50 min
Jun 16, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	49 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	33 min
Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	49 min
Jun 16, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	32 min
Jun 16, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	48 min
Jun 17, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	32 min
Jul 18, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	42 min
Jul 18, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	63 min
Jul 22, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee	34 min
Jul 22, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	29 min
Jul 22, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	34 min
Oct 24, 11:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Houston	50 min
Oct 24, 11:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	33 min
Oct 25, 10:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	47 min
Oct 25, 11:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	45 min
Oct 25, 11:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	45 min
Oct 25, 11:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	47 min
Oct 25, 12:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cullman	65 min
Oct 25, 12:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	68 min
Oct 25, 1:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	51 min
Oct 25, 1:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler	40 min
Oct 25, 1:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	48 min
Oct 25, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	48 min
Oct 25, 1:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	61 min
Oct 25, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon	52 min
Oct 25, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	48 min
Oct 25, 2:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	46 min
Oct 25, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	50 min
Oct 25, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	67 min
Oct 25, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Franklin	69 min
Oct 25, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	69 min
Oct 25, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	60 min
Oct 25, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	45 min
Oct 25, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	63 min
Oct 25, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Oct 25, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	46 min
Oct 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale	30 min
Oct 25, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lawrence	57 min
Oct 25, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry, Houston	48 min
Oct 25, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Morgan	61 min
Oct 25, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison	55 min
Oct 25, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	48 min
Oct 25, 11:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison	47 min
Oct 26, 12:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	32 min
Oct 26, 12:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	35 min
Oct 26, 1:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	68 min
Oct 26, 1:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	33 min
Oct 26, 1:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	66 min
Oct 26, 1:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah	47 min
Oct 26, 3:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	46 min
Oct 26, 3:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	45 min
Oct 26, 3:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	33 min
Oct 26, 4:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon	52 min
Oct 26, 4:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon	47 min
Oct 26, 4:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	50 min
Oct 26, 4:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	48 min
Oct 26, 4:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	48 min
Oct 26, 5:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee	49 min
Oct 26, 9:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	53 min
Nov 1, 2:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	65 min
Nov 1, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	51 min
Nov 1, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	64 min
Nov 21, 4:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	52 min
Nov 21, 4:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	61 min
Nov 21, 7:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	34 min
Nov 21, 7:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	52 min
Nov 21, 9:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	48 min
Nov 21, 10:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	47 min
Nov 30, 12:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Limestone, Madison	46 min
Dec 24, 6:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	40 min
Dec 24, 6:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	31 min
Dec 24, 7:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry	41 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

19 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 1996 1998

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.