Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, August 2008
93 tornado warnings in August 2008. 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 August 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 93
- Busiest day
- August 25, 200850 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 15 min |
| Aug 12, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 17 min |
| Aug 18, 10:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 13 min |
| Aug 18, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 16 min |
| Aug 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Russell | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Russell | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 1:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 21 min |
| Aug 24, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 2:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 3:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 3:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 17 min |
| Aug 24, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 8:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 11:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 12:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon, Tallapoosa | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Elmore | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 20 min |
| Aug 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 18 min |
| Aug 25, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 20 min |
| Aug 25, 3:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 14 min |
| Aug 25, 4:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 4:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 4:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 5:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 5:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 5:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 5:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 6:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 7:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Montgomery, Pike | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 7:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 8:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Russell | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 9:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 9:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Russell | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 9:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 9:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 9:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 22 min |
| Aug 25, 10:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 11:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, St. Clair | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 13 min |
| Aug 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 18 min |
| Aug 26, 1:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 19 min |
| Aug 26, 2:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 21 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Russell County14
- Macon County13
- Bullock County11
- Lee County9
- Barbour County8
- Covington County8
- Elmore County7
- Tallapoosa County6
- Coosa County6
- Autauga County6
- Chilton County6
- Baldwin County5
- Montgomery County5
- Clay County5
- Monroe County4
- Pike County4
- Houston County4
- Calhoun County3
- Talladega County3
- Washington County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Randolph County3
- Cleburne County3
- St. Clair County2
- Clarke County2
- Escambia County2
- Mobile County2
- Chambers County2
- Fayette County2
- Jefferson County2
- Conecuh County2
- Perry County2
- Lowndes County2
- Shelby County2
- Blount County2
- Cherokee County2
- Etowah County2
- Butler County2
- Coffee County2
- Geneva County2
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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.