Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings / 2009
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, April 2009
85 tornado warnings in April 2009. 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 April 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 85
- Busiest day
- April 10, 200928 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 7:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 9 min |
| Apr 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 22 min |
| Apr 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 15 min |
| Apr 10, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 13 min |
| Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 16 min |
| Apr 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Tallapoosa | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 21 min |
| Apr 10, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 68 min |
| Apr 10, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Russell | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 21 min |
| Apr 13, 4:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 15 min |
| Apr 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Shelby, Talladega | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 17 min |
| Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 54 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County8
- Lee County8
- Macon County8
- DeKalb County7
- Russell County7
- Lauderdale County6
- Limestone County6
- Etowah County6
- Calhoun County6
- Tallapoosa County6
- Clarke County6
- Bibb County6
- Morgan County5
- Marshall County5
- Cleburne County5
- Elmore County5
- Shelby County5
- Perry County5
- Cherokee County4
- Talladega County4
- St. Clair County4
- Chilton County4
- Coosa County4
- Greene County3
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Lawrence County3
- Clay County3
- Randolph County3
- Bullock County3
- Choctaw County3
- Washington County3
- Hale County3
- Pickens County2
- Colbert County2
- Franklin County2
- Jackson County2
- Blount County2
- Chambers County2
- Barbour County2
- Jefferson 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.