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Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2021
177 tornado warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 177
- Busiest month
- March87 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 17, 202148 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 25, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jan 25, 10:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 41 min |
| Jan 25, 10:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Jan 26, 12:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 3:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 34 min |
| Mar 17, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 64 min |
| Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 61 min |
| Mar 17, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Elmore | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 41 min |
| Mar 17, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 62 min |
| Mar 17, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 58 min |
| Mar 17, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 66 min |
| Mar 17, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 61 min |
| Mar 17, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Talladega | 42 min |
| Mar 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 39 min |
| Mar 17, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 52 min |
| Mar 17, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| Mar 17, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 66 min |
| Mar 17, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 34 min |
| Mar 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Mar 17, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 56 min |
| Mar 17, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 14 min |
| Mar 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 17, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 43 min |
| Mar 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 62 min |
| Mar 17, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 54 min |
| Mar 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 60 min |
| Mar 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 60 min |
| Mar 17, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 67 min |
| Mar 17, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 23 min |
| Mar 17, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 42 min |
| Mar 17, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 22 min |
| Mar 17, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 13 min |
| Mar 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 42 min |
| Mar 17, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 17 min |
| Mar 17, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 22 min |
| Mar 17, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Elmore | 19 min |
| Mar 17, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 6 min |
| Mar 17, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 13 min |
| Mar 18, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 11:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 54 min |
| Mar 25, 12:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 67 min |
| Mar 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 67 min |
| Mar 25, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 15 min |
| Mar 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 21 min |
| Mar 25, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 55 min |
| Mar 25, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 53 min |
| Mar 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 10 min |
| Mar 25, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Mar 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 55 min |
| Mar 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 15 min |
| Mar 31, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 9 min |
| Mar 31, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 9 min |
| Apr 24, 4:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 13 min |
| Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 7:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 7:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 27 min |
| May 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 18 min |
| May 2, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 28 min |
| May 2, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 39 min |
| May 2, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 38 min |
| May 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| May 2, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 20 min |
| May 3, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 48 min |
| May 4, 11:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 21 min |
| May 4, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 24 min |
| May 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Perry | 30 min |
| May 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 12 min |
| May 4, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 13 min |
| Jun 19, 3:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 5:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 6:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 9:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 13 min |
| Jun 19, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 18 min |
| Jun 19, 9:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 18 min |
| Jun 19, 9:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 21 min |
| Jun 19, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 12 min |
| Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 13 min |
| Jun 20, 3:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 4:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 17 min |
| Jun 20, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 7:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 7:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 8:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 8:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 50 min |
| Aug 30, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 21 min |
| Aug 30, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 52 min |
| Aug 30, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon | 14 min |
| Aug 30, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 13 min |
| Aug 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 17 min |
| Aug 31, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 30 min |
| Oct 27, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 35 min |
| Oct 27, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Dec 6, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Morgan | 14 min |
| Dec 6, 9:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall | 18 min |
| Dec 11, 4:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 22 min |
| Dec 11, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 50 min |
| Dec 11, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 24 min |
| Dec 18, 1:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 31 min |
| Dec 29, 6:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 34 min |
| Dec 29, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 18 min |
| Dec 29, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 27 min |
| Dec 29, 8:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 43 min |
| Dec 29, 9:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 31 min |
| Dec 29, 9:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 20 min |
| Dec 29, 9:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 35 min |
| Dec 29, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 32 min |
| Dec 29, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County12
- Chilton County11
- Jefferson County10
- Marengo County10
- Greene County10
- Henry County10
- Mobile County10
- Choctaw County9
- Dallas County9
- Tuscaloosa County9
- Wilcox County9
- Dale County9
- Clarke County8
- Shelby County8
- Covington County8
- Coosa County7
- Geneva County7
- Baldwin County7
- Sumter County6
- Hale County6
- Talladega County6
- Perry County6
- Calhoun County5
- Autauga County5
- Colbert County5
- Crenshaw County5
- Bibb County5
- Conecuh County5
- Walker County4
- Blount County4
- Washington County4
- Pickens County4
- Coffee County4
- Monroe County4
- St. Clair County3
- Cherokee County3
- Cleburne County3
- Elmore County3
- Franklin County3
- Fayette County3
23 more counties
- Clay County2
- Cullman County2
- DeKalb County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Etowah County2
- Lamar County2
- Marion County2
- Butler County2
- Escambia County2
- Barbour County2
- Limestone County2
- Chambers County1
- Randolph County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lowndes County1
- Bullock County1
- Pike County1
- Lee County1
- Macon County1
- Morgan County1
- Marshall County1
- Jackson County1
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.