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Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2016

97 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
97
Busiest month
November34 tornado warnings
Busiest day
November 30, 201634 tornado warnings

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 10:58 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia32 min
Jan 22, 1:48 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEGeneva27 min
Feb 2, 4:23 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedBMXPickens, Sumter67 min
Feb 2, 5:02 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatBMXFayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa58 min
Feb 2, 5:47 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedBMXFayette28 min
Feb 2, 5:55 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Pickens40 min
Feb 2, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Marion12 min
Feb 2, 10:39 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry13 min
Feb 2, 11:04 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens13 min
Feb 3, 6:14 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw28 min
Feb 3, 6:27 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw16 min
Feb 15, 12:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington39 min
Feb 15, 12:10 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe23 min
Feb 15, 12:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox43 min
Feb 15, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington39 min
Feb 15, 1:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox35 min
Feb 15, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington47 min
Feb 15, 1:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington44 min
Feb 15, 3:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia39 min
Feb 15, 3:56 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMOBConecuh, Escambia49 min
Feb 15, 4:05 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Montgomery25 min
Feb 15, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia44 min
Feb 15, 5:10 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw50 min
Feb 15, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLee, Russell32 min
Feb 23, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington49 min
Feb 23, 5:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile36 min
Feb 23, 6:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington50 min
Feb 23, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter50 min
Feb 23, 6:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington11 min
Feb 23, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo55 min
Feb 23, 7:13 PM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatMOBBaldwin62 min
Feb 23, 10:14 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston46 min
Feb 23, 10:48 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEHenry30 min
Feb 23, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEHenry25 min
Mar 1, 5:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby16 min
Mar 1, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay, Coosa, Talladega, Tallapoosa9 min
Mar 1, 8:26 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers, Lee14 min
Mar 24, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Covington25 min
Mar 24, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw23 min
Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw24 min
Mar 31, 6:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatMOBChoctaw, Clarke45 min
Mar 31, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Pickens50 min
Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale, Limestone26 min
Mar 31, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale, Limestone, Madison37 min
Mar 31, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette46 min
Mar 31, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette43 min
Mar 31, 7:17 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedHUNMadison28 min
Mar 31, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion, Walker46 min
Mar 31, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone30 min
Mar 31, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker46 min
Mar 31, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan25 min
Mar 31, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan35 min
Mar 31, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson32 min
Mar 31, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison23 min
Mar 31, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison12 min
Apr 6, 11:34 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee26 min
Apr 6, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock24 min
Apr 6, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell22 min
Apr 7, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee, Russell15 min
Apr 7, 12:23 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour47 min
Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison18 min
Nov 29, 7:14 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin31 min
Nov 29, 7:16 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedBMXPickens17 min
Nov 29, 7:22 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedBMXFayette, Lamar53 min
Nov 29, 7:28 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarion, Winston62 min
Nov 29, 7:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette38 min
Nov 29, 8:09 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedBMXWinston21 min
Nov 29, 8:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWinston26 min
Nov 29, 8:24 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker, Winston44 min
Nov 29, 8:27 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Pickens46 min
Nov 29, 8:48 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNFranklin27 min
Nov 29, 8:58 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan22 min
Nov 29, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman31 min
Nov 29, 9:07 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison23 min
Nov 29, 9:24 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNMadison23 min
Nov 29, 9:41 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone19 min
Nov 29, 9:41 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson, Madison37 min
Nov 29, 10:13 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWinston17 min
Nov 29, 10:17 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman28 min
Nov 29, 10:31 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNMorgan29 min
Nov 29, 10:54 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson36 min
Nov 29, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNMarshall, Morgan22 min
Nov 29, 11:12 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNMadison, Marshall14 min
Nov 29, 11:35 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion55 min
Nov 30, 12:02 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson24 min
Nov 30, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson23 min
Nov 30, 12:34 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXWinston24 min
Nov 30, 1:44 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson31 min
Nov 30, 2:15 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson30 min
Nov 30, 2:33 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker, Winston27 min
Nov 30, 2:37 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman38 min
Nov 30, 3:08 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman, Marshall, Morgan37 min
Nov 30, 3:34 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNMadison, Marshall, Morgan26 min
Nov 30, 12:43 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedBMXChambers32 min
Nov 30, 1:43 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva16 min
Dec 17, 11:23 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale37 min
Dec 17, 11:27 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale33 min

By county

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

12 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 30, 201634tornado warnings
  2. February 15, 201612tornado warnings
  3. April 1, 201610tornado warnings
  4. February 24, 20168tornado warnings
  5. March 31, 20166tornado warnings
  6. February 3, 20165tornado warnings
  7. April 7, 20165tornado warnings
  8. February 2, 20164tornado warnings
  9. January 22, 20162tornado warnings
  10. February 23, 20162tornado warnings
  11. March 2, 20162tornado warnings
  12. March 24, 20162tornado warnings

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.