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Tornado Watches in Alabama, 1998

43 tornado watches in 1998. 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 in 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
43
Busiest month
April16 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 8, 19985 tornado watches

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 7, 4:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Washington6 hr
Jan 7, 9:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 4 more6 hr
Jan 22, 12:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCGeneva6 hr
Feb 16, 12:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 21 more6 hr
Feb 16, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 9 more6 hr
Feb 26, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas and 7 more6 hr
Feb 26, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 12 more5 hr
Mar 7, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more6 hr
Mar 8, 4:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more6 hr
Mar 8, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 9 more5 hr
Mar 8, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia and 4 more6 hr
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 45 more6 hr
Apr 3, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson and 5 more6 hr
Apr 3, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCRussell6 hr
Apr 3, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCRussell6 hr
Apr 8, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 18 more6 hr
Apr 8, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more5 hr
Apr 8, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, St. Clair6 hr
Apr 8, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 31 more6 hr
Apr 8, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChambers, Lee, Randolph7 hr
Apr 8, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 37 more7 hr
Apr 16, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCLauderdale6 hr
Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar and 10 more6 hr
Apr 16, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Greene, Sumter4 hr
Apr 16, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 16 more6 hr
Apr 18, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 26 more5 hr
Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 3 more5 hr
May 6, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 15 more6 hr
May 6, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Marion6 hr
May 7, 3:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone6 hr
May 7, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 13 more7 hr
May 7, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 20 more5 hr
May 9, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 35 more6 hr
May 9, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChambers, Cleburne, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell6 hr
May 10, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 28 more4 hr
Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison6 hr
Sep 27, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more12 hr
Sep 28, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more12 hr
Sep 28, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more12 hr
Sep 28, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa and 14 more10 hr
Sep 28, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 21 more12 hr
Sep 29, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Coosa, Dale and 9 more9 hr
Nov 10, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 17 more5 hr

By county

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

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 8, 19985tornado watches
  2. March 8, 19984tornado watches
  3. April 3, 19983tornado watches
  4. April 16, 19983tornado watches
  5. May 7, 19983tornado watches
  6. May 10, 19983tornado watches
  7. September 28, 19983tornado watches
  8. January 7, 19982tornado watches
  9. September 29, 19982tornado watches
  10. January 22, 19981tornado watches
  11. February 16, 19981tornado watches
  12. February 17, 19981tornado watches

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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.