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Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2002

128 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
128
Busiest month
November56 tornado warnings
Busiest day
November 11, 200245 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia15 min
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile, Washington15 min
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw131 days
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox204 days
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw215 days
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHenry215 days
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston215 days
Mar 12, 12:03 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee197 days
Mar 12, 12:23 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee197 days
Mar 12, 2:12 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEHenry197 days
Mar 29, 9:38 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan52 min
Mar 29, 10:08 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLawrence37 min
Mar 29, 10:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMadison41 min
Mar 29, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall48 min
Mar 29, 10:28 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan47 min
Mar 29, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCullman20 min
Mar 29, 11:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall34 min
Mar 29, 11:22 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb38 min
Mar 29, 11:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall31 min
Mar 29, 11:55 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb65 min
Mar 30, 12:04 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXEtowah41 min
Mar 30, 12:05 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee40 min
Apr 12, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw166 days
Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLimestone46 min
Apr 28, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLimestone27 min
Apr 28, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb, Jackson66 min
Apr 30, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery26 min
Apr 30, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens39 min
Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour31 min
Apr 30, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa59 min
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale48 min
Apr 30, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb58 min
Apr 30, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPerry63 min
Apr 30, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike48 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby33 min
May 17, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa40 min
May 17, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby34 min
May 17, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair38 min
May 17, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTalladega30 min
May 17, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun24 min
Jul 19, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair48 min
Sep 14, 9:17 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile11 days
Sep 18, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMadison31 min
Sep 25, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEGeneva34 days
Sep 25, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin14 hr
Sep 25, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin14 hr
Sep 26, 6:25 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile7 days
Oct 4, 11:36 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarshall24 min
Oct 20, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Monroe16 days
Oct 20, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe16 days
Oct 20, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington36 min
Nov 5, 9:48 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington3 hr
Nov 5, 10:08 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke3 hr
Nov 5, 11:18 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBConecuh6 days
Nov 5, 11:18 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia6 days
Nov 5, 11:42 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler6 days
Nov 5, 12:40 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw6 days
Nov 5, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery, Pike34 min
Nov 5, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin10 days
Nov 5, 1:43 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBullock47 min
Nov 5, 5:23 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEDale, Henry49 days
Nov 10, 6:28 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyBMXFayette, Lamar47 min
Nov 10, 7:00 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyBMXMarion, Walker45 min
Nov 10, 7:07 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyBMXWinston53 min
Nov 10, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Pickens41 min
Nov 10, 7:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCullman50 min
Nov 10, 7:53 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette52 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette51 min
Nov 10, 8:04 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens56 min
Nov 10, 8:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall, Morgan64 min
Nov 10, 8:25 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker50 min
Nov 10, 8:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMadison35 min
Nov 10, 8:49 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWinston26 min
Nov 10, 8:52 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyBMXCullman53 min
Nov 10, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette35 min
Nov 10, 9:09 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens36 min
Nov 10, 9:12 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJackson, Marshall63 min
Nov 10, 9:15 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker45 min
Nov 10, 9:36 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa39 min
Nov 10, 9:42 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCullman18 min
Nov 10, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene30 min
Nov 10, 10:03 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Etowah42 min
Nov 10, 10:14 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa31 min
Nov 10, 10:14 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJackson, Marshall46 min
Nov 10, 10:23 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson52 min
Nov 10, 10:34 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair26 min
Nov 10, 10:43 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa32 min
Nov 10, 10:45 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXEtowah, Greene, Sumter45 min
Nov 10, 11:07 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair38 min
Nov 10, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee50 min
Nov 10, 11:22 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXHale38 min
Nov 10, 11:39 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega36 min
Nov 10, 11:41 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter34 min
Nov 10, 11:49 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb41 min
Nov 11, 12:12 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne33 min
Nov 11, 12:13 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene17 min
Nov 11, 12:21 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby24 min
Nov 11, 12:27 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega33 min
Nov 11, 12:40 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby35 min
Nov 11, 12:42 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCleburne48 min
Nov 11, 12:52 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay, Talladega38 min
Nov 11, 1:42 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay, Randolph33 min
Nov 11, 2:11 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXRandolph49 min
Nov 11, 2:38 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa37 min
Nov 11, 2:54 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers36 min
Nov 11, 5:57 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPike33 min
Nov 15, 4:40 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile34 days
Dec 19, 11:48 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington4 days
Dec 19, 12:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington4 days
Dec 19, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington4 days
Dec 19, 1:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke5 days
Dec 19, 2:23 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry37 min
Dec 19, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb40 min
Dec 19, 3:22 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Washington4 days
Dec 19, 3:36 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore39 min
Dec 19, 3:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe4 days
Dec 19, 4:09 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa36 min
Dec 23, 9:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington7 days
Dec 24, 2:19 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington7 days
Dec 24, 2:36 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe7 days
Dec 24, 2:40 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw7 days
Dec 24, 3:02 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington43 min
Dec 24, 3:52 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe38 min
Dec 24, 6:10 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale3 hr
Dec 24, 6:10 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHenry3 hr
Dec 24, 6:20 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva, Houston40 min
Dec 24, 6:57 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHenry3 hr
Dec 31, 6:20 AM CSTTornado WarningMOB25 min

By county

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

15 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 11, 200245tornado warnings
  2. March 30, 200212tornado warnings
  3. November 5, 200210tornado warnings
  4. December 19, 200210tornado warnings
  5. December 24, 200210tornado warnings
  6. February 22, 20027tornado warnings
  7. April 30, 20027tornado warnings
  8. May 18, 20025tornado warnings
  9. March 12, 20023tornado warnings
  10. October 20, 20023tornado warnings
  11. April 29, 20022tornado warnings
  12. September 25, 20022tornado warnings

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.