Tornado Watches in Alabama
1,008 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 1,008
- Busiest year
- 200359 tornado watches
- Average year
- 34over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County345
- Clarke County330
- Conecuh County323
- Baldwin County323
- Escambia County322
- Houston County319
- Monroe County319
- Mobile County318
- Geneva County317
- Covington County315
- Henry County308
- Choctaw County306
- Butler County303
- Coffee County302
- Dale County301
- Crenshaw County296
- Sumter County294
- Wilcox County289
- Dallas County287
- Greene County284
- Perry County281
- Hale County280
- Marengo County279
- Tuscaloosa County277
- Autauga County276
- Montgomery County275
- Lowndes County274
- Pike County274
- Barbour County270
- Elmore County263
- Bibb County259
- Walker County259
- Pickens County257
- Shelby County255
- Chilton County254
- Jefferson County253
- Bullock County253
- Macon County251
- Fayette County249
- Russell County247
27 more counties
- Lee County240
- Coosa County239
- Lamar County238
- Winston County234
- St. Clair County229
- Tallapoosa County228
- Talladega County226
- Clay County224
- Blount County222
- Chambers County222
- Cullman County220
- Marion County218
- Morgan County213
- Randolph County208
- Lawrence County207
- Limestone County207
- Lauderdale County206
- Franklin County205
- Madison County205
- Colbert County204
- Calhoun County201
- Etowah County196
- Marshall County196
- Cleburne County196
- Cherokee County183
- DeKalb County181
- Jackson County181
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Elmore and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 19 more | 9 hr |
| May 7, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 11 hr |
| May 6, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 15 more | 9 hr |
| May 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 45 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 21 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 8 hr |
Nearby
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.