Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2004
144 tornado warnings in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 144
- Busiest month
- November35 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- November 24, 200431 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 26, 6:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Feb 5, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 36 min |
| Feb 5, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| Feb 5, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 17 min |
| Feb 5, 6:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 13 min |
| Feb 5, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 41 min |
| Feb 5, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 7:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Feb 5, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 16 min |
| Feb 5, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 8:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 41 min |
| Feb 5, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Feb 5, 9:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 11:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Mar 5, 6:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 9:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 29 min |
| May 1, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 38 min |
| May 21, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 22 min |
| May 31, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| May 31, 12:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 24 min |
| May 31, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Morgan | 25 min |
| May 31, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 33 min |
| May 31, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 14 min |
| May 31, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 24 min |
| May 31, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 28 min |
| May 31, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 22 min |
| May 31, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 11:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 15 min |
| Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 22 min |
| Jul 2, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 31 min |
| Sep 15, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 46 min |
| Sep 15, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 27 min |
| Sep 15, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 35 min |
| Sep 15, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 34 min |
| Sep 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 1:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 24 min |
| Sep 16, 2:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 4:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 5:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 8:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 9:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 9:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 9:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 23 min |
| Sep 16, 10:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 21 min |
| Sep 16, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 19 min |
| Sep 16, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 21 min |
| Oct 18, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 33 min |
| Oct 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert | 47 min |
| Oct 19, 2:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Oct 19, 7:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Oct 19, 7:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 8:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 23 min |
| Oct 19, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, St. Clair | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 35 min |
| Oct 19, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 29 min |
| Oct 19, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 38 min |
| Oct 19, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert | 36 min |
| Oct 19, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 37 min |
| Oct 19, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 49 min |
| Oct 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 46 min |
| Oct 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 34 min |
| Oct 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 37 min |
| Oct 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 64 min |
| Oct 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 46 min |
| Oct 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 33 min |
| Oct 19, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 22 min |
| Oct 19, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 23 min |
| Nov 23, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 34 min |
| Nov 23, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Nov 23, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 35 min |
| Nov 23, 9:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 3:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 3:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 56 min |
| Nov 24, 3:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 3:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 3:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 4:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 14 min |
| Nov 24, 4:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 4:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 4:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 4:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 5:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 5:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 22 min |
| Nov 24, 5:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 5:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 6:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Nov 24, 6:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 23 min |
| Nov 24, 6:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 6:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 6:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 6:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 6:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 7:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 7:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 25 min |
| Nov 24, 7:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 24 min |
| Nov 24, 7:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 8:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 8:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 8:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 51 min |
| Nov 24, 11:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 38 min |
| Nov 27, 11:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Dec 7, 4:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 28 min |
| Dec 7, 4:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 33 min |
| Dec 9, 5:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 33 min |
| Dec 9, 6:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 min |
| Dec 9, 6:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 40 min |
| Dec 9, 8:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County10
- Geneva County10
- Colbert County9
- Lauderdale County9
- Henry County7
- Mobile County7
- Baldwin County6
- Pickens County6
- Tuscaloosa County6
- Sumter County5
- Franklin County5
- Coffee County5
- Lee County5
- Dallas County5
- Clarke County5
- Jefferson County4
- Limestone County4
- Jackson County4
- Russell County4
- Lamar County4
- Greene County3
- Madison County3
- DeKalb County3
- Lowndes County3
- Marengo County3
- Washington County3
- Wilcox County3
- Fayette County2
- Walker County2
- Covington County2
- Macon County2
- Conecuh County2
- Pike County2
- Barbour County2
- Elmore County2
- Blount County2
- Clay County2
- Chambers County2
- Bibb County2
- Autauga County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20032005
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.