Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, May 2008
51 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 51
- Busiest day
- May 8, 200819 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| May 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 25 min |
| May 2, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 16 min |
| May 3, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 14 min |
| May 8, 8:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 50 min |
| May 8, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 17 min |
| May 8, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 8, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 47 min |
| May 8, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 27 min |
| May 8, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 55 min |
| May 8, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 37 min |
| May 8, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 31 min |
| May 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 16 min |
| May 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 49 min |
| May 8, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 21 min |
| May 8, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 36 min |
| May 8, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 45 min |
| May 8, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 23 min |
| May 10, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 61 min |
| May 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 40 min |
| May 10, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 61 min |
| May 10, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 46 min |
| May 11, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 41 min |
| May 11, 12:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker, Winston | 49 min |
| May 11, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 35 min |
| May 11, 12:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 27 min |
| May 11, 12:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Walker | 39 min |
| May 11, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 52 min |
| May 11, 2:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 44 min |
| May 11, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 23 min |
| May 15, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 59 min |
| May 15, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 24 min |
| May 15, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 52 min |
| May 15, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 23 min |
| May 15, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 48 min |
| May 15, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 39 min |
| May 15, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 28 min |
| May 15, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 40 min |
| May 15, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 62 min |
| May 15, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 19 min |
| May 20, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 13 min |
| May 20, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 40 min |
| May 20, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Cleburne | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lauderdale County8
- Walker County7
- Jefferson County7
- Covington County7
- Crenshaw County6
- Escambia County6
- Colbert County5
- Lawrence County4
- Limestone County4
- Fayette County4
- Winston County4
- Cullman County4
- Blount County4
- Franklin County3
- Marion County3
- Morgan County3
- Madison County3
- Marshall County3
- Shelby County3
- Conecuh County3
- Tuscaloosa County2
- St. Clair County2
- Cleburne County2
- Butler County2
- Cherokee County2
- Choctaw County1
- Washington County1
- Pickens County1
- Etowah County1
- Jackson County1
- Lamar County1
- Baldwin County1
- Monroe County1
- Pike County1
- DeKalb County1
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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.