Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings / 2009
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, May 2009
59 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 59
- Busiest day
- May 6, 200919 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 1, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 31 min |
| May 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 17 min |
| May 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 15 min |
| May 2, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 47 min |
| May 2, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 37 min |
| May 2, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 40 min |
| May 2, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 30 min |
| May 2, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 59 min |
| May 2, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 27 min |
| May 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 58 min |
| May 2, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 67 min |
| May 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 58 min |
| May 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 54 min |
| May 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 43 min |
| May 2, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 56 min |
| May 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker | 41 min |
| May 3, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 55 min |
| May 3, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| May 3, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 62 min |
| May 3, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 67 min |
| May 3, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Perry | 42 min |
| May 3, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| May 3, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 44 min |
| May 3, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 58 min |
| May 3, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, St. Clair, Talladega | 57 min |
| May 3, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 54 min |
| May 3, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega | 18 min |
| May 3, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 33 min |
| May 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 30 min |
| May 4, 5:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 4, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 36 min |
| May 4, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 28 min |
| May 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 43 min |
| May 6, 6:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 34 min |
| May 6, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 53 min |
| May 6, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 21 min |
| May 6, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 33 min |
| May 6, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 43 min |
| May 6, 8:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 23 min |
| May 6, 8:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 20 min |
| May 6, 9:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 27 min |
| May 6, 9:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 25 min |
| May 6, 9:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 28 min |
| May 6, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 40 min |
| May 6, 9:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 22 min |
| May 6, 9:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 9 min |
| May 6, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 45 min |
| May 6, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 23 min |
| May 6, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 29 min |
| May 6, 10:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 23 min |
| May 6, 11:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 13 min |
| May 7, 6:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Russell | 47 min |
| May 7, 7:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Russell | 34 min |
| May 7, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 48 min |
| May 7, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 39 min |
| May 23, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 21 min |
| May 24, 3:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 17 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County7
- Tuscaloosa County7
- Jefferson County7
- Fayette County6
- Walker County6
- Jackson County5
- Lamar County5
- Marion County4
- Greene County4
- Hale County4
- Shelby County4
- Talladega County4
- Marshall County4
- Barbour County4
- Cullman County4
- Morgan County3
- Blount County3
- St. Clair County3
- Bibb County3
- Calhoun County3
- Cleburne County3
- Bullock County3
- Pickens County3
- Lauderdale County2
- Lawrence County2
- Limestone County2
- Sumter County2
- Chilton County2
- Perry County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- DeKalb County2
- Macon County2
- Russell County2
- Franklin County1
- Winston County1
- Marengo County1
- Dallas County1
- Monroe County1
- Pike 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.