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Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2012

214 tornado warnings in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings: 214
Busiest month: December77 tornado warnings
Busiest day: March 2, 201229 tornado warnings

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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 23, 12:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	27 min
Jan 23, 12:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	21 min
Jan 23, 2:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	36 min
Jan 23, 2:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	34 min
Jan 23, 2:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	52 min
Jan 23, 2:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	44 min
Jan 23, 3:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	43 min
Jan 23, 3:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	41 min
Jan 23, 3:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	58 min
Jan 23, 3:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry	42 min
Jan 23, 3:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	40 min
Jan 23, 4:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair	60 min
Jan 23, 4:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Perry	48 min
Jan 23, 5:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	34 min
Jan 23, 5:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay, Shelby, Talladega	26 min
Jan 23, 5:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Talladega	38 min
Jan 23, 6:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	44 min
Jan 23, 6:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	39 min
Jan 23, 7:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	17 min
Jan 23, 7:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	33 min
Jan 26, 8:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	49 min
Jan 26, 9:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	40 min
Jan 26, 9:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	57 min
Jan 26, 11:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	21 min
Jan 26, 12:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	36 min
Feb 18, 4:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	24 min
Feb 18, 5:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	28 min
Feb 24, 9:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe	40 min
Feb 24, 9:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	25 min
Feb 24, 10:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	32 min
Feb 24, 10:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	31 min
Feb 24, 11:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	20 min
Feb 29, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Walker	14 min
Mar 1, 1:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	34 min
Mar 2, 9:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	27 min
Mar 2, 9:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	25 min
Mar 2, 9:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	34 min
Mar 2, 9:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Jackson, Madison	31 min
Mar 2, 10:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	35 min
Mar 2, 10:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	36 min
Mar 2, 2:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone	30 min
Mar 2, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence	34 min
Mar 2, 3:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone	23 min
Mar 2, 3:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	34 min
Mar 2, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence	33 min
Mar 2, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	50 min
Mar 2, 3:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	14 min
Mar 2, 4:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	49 min
Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	27 min
Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	17 min
Mar 2, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	28 min
Mar 2, 4:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Morgan	15 min
Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	33 min
Mar 2, 5:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	42 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	34 min
Mar 2, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	17 min
Mar 2, 5:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	29 min
Mar 2, 5:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	58 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	28 min
Mar 2, 5:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	19 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	18 min
Mar 2, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	47 min
Mar 2, 5:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	37 min
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	25 min
Mar 2, 6:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	41 min
Mar 2, 6:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	15 min
Mar 2, 7:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	32 min
Mar 2, 7:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	26 min
Mar 2, 8:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	28 min
Mar 2, 8:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	52 min
Mar 2, 9:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	47 min
Mar 2, 9:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	29 min
Mar 2, 10:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega	24 min
Mar 2, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa	31 min
Mar 2, 10:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	41 min
Mar 2, 11:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	45 min
Mar 23, 4:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	37 min
Mar 23, 4:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	16 min
Mar 23, 8:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	31 min
Mar 23, 9:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	31 min
Mar 23, 10:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	26 min
Mar 23, 12:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva, Henry, Houston	18 min
Mar 23, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Henry	33 min
Mar 30, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	31 min
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	25 min
Mar 31, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	34 min
May 12, 12:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	50 min
May 13, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Tallapoosa	20 min
May 13, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone	19 min
May 13, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Morgan	24 min
Jun 5, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	31 min
Jun 10, 9:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	40 min
Jun 10, 10:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	31 min
Jun 10, 11:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	52 min
Jun 10, 12:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	18 min
Jun 10, 12:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva	33 min
Jul 10, 8:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	24 min
Aug 28, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	30 min
Aug 29, 12:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	29 min
Aug 29, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva, Houston	36 min
Aug 29, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	31 min
Aug 29, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Houston	36 min
Aug 29, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	30 min
Aug 30, 2:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	35 min
Aug 30, 2:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	33 min
Aug 30, 3:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	37 min
Aug 30, 4:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	16 min
Aug 30, 4:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	29 min
Aug 30, 4:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	28 min
Aug 30, 4:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	43 min
Aug 30, 5:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	29 min
Aug 30, 6:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	37 min
Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	33 min
Aug 30, 8:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	35 min
Aug 30, 8:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	32 min
Aug 30, 8:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	45 min
Aug 30, 9:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	44 min
Aug 30, 10:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	44 min
Aug 30, 10:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	49 min
Aug 30, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	33 min
Sep 2, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lawrence	25 min
Sep 2, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	31 min
Sep 2, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	33 min
Sep 2, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	35 min
Sep 2, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	26 min
Sep 2, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	36 min
Sep 2, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	35 min
Sep 2, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	25 min
Sep 2, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	28 min
Sep 3, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	13 min
Sep 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	11 min
Sep 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	34 min
Sep 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	28 min
Oct 1, 4:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore	23 min
Oct 1, 5:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	27 min
Oct 1, 5:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	24 min
Oct 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	18 min
Dec 10, 10:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	42 min
Dec 10, 10:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	40 min
Dec 10, 10:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	38 min
Dec 10, 10:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	41 min
Dec 10, 1:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon	22 min
Dec 20, 4:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	64 min
Dec 20, 4:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Dec 20, 4:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	30 min
Dec 20, 5:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	46 min
Dec 20, 5:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	46 min
Dec 20, 5:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	52 min
Dec 20, 5:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	39 min
Dec 20, 6:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	28 min
Dec 20, 6:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	22 min
Dec 20, 6:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	21 min
Dec 20, 6:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	49 min
Dec 20, 6:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	35 min
Dec 20, 6:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	50 min
Dec 20, 6:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	34 min
Dec 20, 7:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	58 min
Dec 20, 7:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	42 min
Dec 20, 7:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	56 min
Dec 20, 7:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	50 min
Dec 20, 7:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe	42 min
Dec 20, 7:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	53 min
Dec 20, 8:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	32 min
Dec 20, 8:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	33 min
Dec 20, 8:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	63 min
Dec 20, 8:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	46 min
Dec 20, 9:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	25 min
Dec 20, 9:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	55 min
Dec 20, 9:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	16 min
Dec 20, 10:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	32 min
Dec 20, 11:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Dale, Henry, Houston	19 min
Dec 25, 2:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	32 min
Dec 25, 2:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	65 min
Dec 25, 3:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	55 min
Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	68 min
Dec 25, 4:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	33 min
Dec 25, 4:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	10 min
Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	51 min
Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	66 min
Dec 25, 4:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	17 min
Dec 25, 4:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	24 min
Dec 25, 4:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	51 min
Dec 25, 4:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	49 min
Dec 25, 4:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	61 min
Dec 25, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	53 min
Dec 25, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	38 min
Dec 25, 4:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	37 min
Dec 25, 4:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	49 min
Dec 25, 5:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	45 min
Dec 25, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	38 min
Dec 25, 5:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	45 min
Dec 25, 5:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	52 min
Dec 25, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	18 min
Dec 25, 5:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe	44 min
Dec 25, 5:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	58 min
Dec 25, 5:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	29 min
Dec 25, 5:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	23 min
Dec 25, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	26 min
Dec 25, 5:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	46 min
Dec 25, 5:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	64 min
Dec 25, 6:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	67 min
Dec 25, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	36 min
Dec 25, 6:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike	46 min
Dec 25, 6:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	45 min
Dec 25, 7:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	30 min
Dec 25, 7:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	39 min
Dec 25, 7:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	26 min
Dec 25, 8:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	46 min
Dec 25, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	49 min
Dec 25, 8:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	39 min
Dec 25, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	65 min
Dec 25, 9:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	51 min
Dec 25, 10:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	42 min
Dec 25, 10:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	35 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

23 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.