Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2023
126 tornado warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 126
- Busiest month
- January52 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- January 12, 202329 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 3, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 12:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 42 min |
| Jan 3, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 51 min |
| Jan 3, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 17 min |
| Jan 3, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 3:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 3:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 24 min |
| Jan 4, 3:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Jan 4, 4:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 7:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 7:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 38 min |
| Jan 12, 7:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 8:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 24 min |
| Jan 12, 8:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 33 min |
| Jan 12, 8:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 25 min |
| Jan 12, 8:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 62 min |
| Jan 12, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 3 min |
| Jan 12, 9:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Jan 12, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 30 min |
| Jan 12, 10:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 63 min |
| Jan 12, 10:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 56 min |
| Jan 12, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 11:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 11:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 28 min |
| Jan 12, 11:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 58 min |
| Jan 12, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 54 min |
| Jan 12, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 57 min |
| Jan 12, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 55 min |
| Jan 12, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| Jan 12, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 39 min |
| Jan 12, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 29 min |
| Jan 12, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 3:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 4:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 26 min |
| Jan 25, 12:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 45 min |
| Jan 25, 12:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Jan 25, 1:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 17 min |
| Jan 25, 1:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 20 min |
| Jan 25, 2:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 19 min |
| Feb 16, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 7:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 9:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Limestone, Madison | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 10:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 14 min |
| Mar 3, 11:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 21 min |
| Mar 3, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 11 min |
| Mar 3, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 10 min |
| Mar 3, 12:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 21 min |
| Mar 17, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 21 min |
| Mar 25, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 14 min |
| Mar 25, 7:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 7:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 9:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 17 min |
| Mar 26, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 21 min |
| Mar 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 17 min |
| Mar 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 12 min |
| Mar 27, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 5:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 29 min |
| Apr 1, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 1:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 2:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 2:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 3:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 3:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall, Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 1, 11:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 15 min |
| Apr 3, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 32 min |
| May 17, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 10:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 11:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 14 min |
| Jun 14, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 8:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 12 min |
| Jun 17, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 12 min |
| Jun 19, 9:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 12:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 17 min |
| Jun 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 12 min |
| Nov 21, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Houston | 28 min |
| Nov 21, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 17 min |
| Dec 9, 6:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 1:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 1:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 12 min |
| Dec 10, 1:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 25 min |
| Dec 10, 4:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 6:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 22 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henry County12
- Jackson County11
- Baldwin County10
- Dale County9
- Colbert County9
- Franklin County8
- Madison County8
- Houston County7
- Lawrence County7
- DeKalb County7
- Lauderdale County7
- Elmore County6
- Limestone County6
- Morgan County6
- Hale County5
- Marengo County5
- Perry County5
- Tallapoosa County5
- Barbour County5
- Wilcox County5
- Mobile County5
- Coffee County5
- Bibb County4
- Chilton County4
- Geneva County4
- Marshall County4
- Coosa County3
- Macon County3
- Chambers County3
- Winston County3
- Greene County3
- Marion County3
- Autauga County2
- Bullock County2
- Randolph County2
- Pike County2
- Montgomery County2
- Lee County2
- Sumter County2
- Tuscaloosa 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.