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Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2017
139 tornado warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 139
- Busiest month
- January37 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- January 22, 201716 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 11:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 26 min |
| Jan 2, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 19 min |
| Jan 2, 2:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Jan 2, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 7:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 29 min |
| Jan 21, 4:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 4:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 5:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 5:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 7:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 7:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 22 min |
| Jan 21, 7:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 7:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 8:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 53 min |
| Jan 21, 8:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 8:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 9:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 9:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 15 min |
| Jan 22, 10:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 41 min |
| Jan 22, 11:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| Jan 22, 12:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 20 min |
| Jan 22, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 1:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 19 min |
| Jan 22, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 25 min |
| Jan 22, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 19 min |
| Jan 22, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 27 min |
| Feb 7, 1:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Feb 7, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 13 min |
| Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 13 min |
| Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 8:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 9 min |
| Apr 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 18 min |
| Apr 22, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 17 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 6:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 13 min |
| Apr 27, 9:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Montgomery | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 11:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 14 min |
| Apr 27, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 11:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 12:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 14 min |
| Apr 30, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 22 min |
| Apr 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 19 min |
| Apr 30, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 21 min |
| May 1, 6:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 28 min |
| May 1, 6:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 12 min |
| May 1, 8:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 43 min |
| May 23, 8:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 22 min |
| May 23, 8:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 19 min |
| May 23, 9:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 18 min |
| Jun 21, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 1:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 11 min |
| Jun 22, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 10 min |
| Jun 22, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 12 min |
| Jun 22, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Tallapoosa | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 10 min |
| Aug 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 65 min |
| Aug 31, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Oct 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 16 min |
| Oct 7, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Oct 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 29 min |
| Oct 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 20 min |
| Oct 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 24 min |
| Oct 7, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Shelby | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 22, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 min |
| Oct 22, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Oct 22, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Oct 22, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Oct 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Oct 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 23 min |
| Oct 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Dec 20, 10:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 14 min |
| Dec 23, 5:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County25
- Washington County9
- Covington County9
- Houston County8
- Geneva County7
- Bullock County6
- Mobile County6
- Escambia County6
- Pickens County5
- Fayette County5
- Jefferson County5
- Bibb County5
- Crenshaw County4
- Pike County4
- Autauga County4
- Lowndes County4
- Lee County4
- Tallapoosa County4
- Franklin County4
- Choctaw County3
- Elmore County3
- Macon County3
- Chambers County3
- Dale County3
- Russell County3
- Lamar County3
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Lawrence County3
- Chilton County3
- Clarke County2
- Barbour County2
- Coffee County2
- Henry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Limestone County2
- Wilcox County2
- Cleburne County2
- Cullman County2
- Marion County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.