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Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2001
152 tornado warnings in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 152
- Busiest month
- November70 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- November 24, 200156 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, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Jan 19, 9:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 45 min |
| Jan 19, 9:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 24 min |
| Jan 19, 9:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 65 min |
| Feb 16, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 51 min |
| Feb 16, 1:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 34 min |
| Feb 16, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 2:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 37 min |
| Feb 16, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 52 min |
| Feb 16, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Cleburne | 34 min |
| Feb 16, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 24 min |
| Feb 16, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 66 min |
| Feb 21, 6:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 27 min |
| Feb 25, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Marengo | 23 min |
| Feb 25, 1:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 50 min |
| Feb 25, 1:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Marengo | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 6:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 7:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 10:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 10:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 18 min |
| Mar 12, 11:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 11:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 10 min |
| Mar 12, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 26 min |
| May 20, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 35 min |
| May 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman, Walker | 23 min |
| May 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 35 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 49 min |
| May 28, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, DeKalb | 29 min |
| May 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, DeKalb | 27 min |
| May 28, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 28, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 29 min |
| May 28, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 37 min |
| May 28, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 42 min |
| May 28, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 7:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 14 min |
| Jun 11, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 4:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 8 min |
| Aug 18, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 7:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 24 min |
| Oct 13, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Monroe | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 22 min |
| Oct 13, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 23 min |
| Oct 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 9:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 63 min |
| Nov 24, 10:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 28 min |
| Nov 24, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 10:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 10:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 53 min |
| Nov 24, 10:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Nov 24, 11:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 11:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 25 min |
| Nov 24, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 24 min |
| Nov 24, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 11:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Nov 24, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 11:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 11:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Nov 24, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 48 min |
| Nov 24, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Nov 24, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 43 min |
| Nov 24, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 12:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Nov 24, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 12:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, St. Clair | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 1:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 19 min |
| Nov 24, 1:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 48 min |
| Nov 24, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 52 min |
| Nov 24, 1:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 1:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 43 min |
| Nov 24, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 47 min |
| Nov 24, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 57 min |
| Nov 24, 2:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson, Marshall | 51 min |
| Nov 24, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 59 min |
| Nov 24, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Nov 24, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 4:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 23 min |
| Nov 24, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 50 min |
| Nov 24, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 17 min |
| Nov 24, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 34 min |
| Nov 24, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 7:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 9:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 25 min |
| Nov 25, 1:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 46 min |
| Nov 25, 2:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 36 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Choctaw County11
- Covington County8
- Tuscaloosa County7
- Baldwin County7
- Perry County6
- Crenshaw County6
- Hale County5
- Cherokee County5
- Marengo County5
- Clay County5
- Bibb County5
- DeKalb County5
- Butler County5
- Montgomery County4
- Jefferson County4
- Walker County4
- Sumter County4
- Cullman County4
- Dallas County4
- Washington County4
- Talladega County4
- Mobile County4
- Escambia County4
- Madison County3
- Jackson County3
- Blount County3
- Barbour County3
- Autauga County3
- Shelby County3
- Fayette County3
- Etowah County3
- Calhoun County3
- Conecuh County3
- Coosa County3
- Houston County2
- Elmore County2
- Dale County2
- Henry County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Cleburne 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.