Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2000
41 tornado watches in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 41
- Busiest month
- April9 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- November 9, 20006 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Cullman, Fayette and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Henry, Lee and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Dale, Henry, Houston, Russell | 7 hr |
| Feb 13, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 13, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Dale and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Houston and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Geneva, Houston | 5 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 5 hr |
| Nov 8, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 8, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 12:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 9, 4:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Nov 24, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Sumter | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 10:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 10:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Coosa, Covington and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Geneva and 6 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County15
- Barbour County14
- Pike County14
- Autauga County14
- Butler County14
- Conecuh County14
- Hale County13
- Marengo County13
- Tuscaloosa County13
- Dale County13
- Henry County13
- Macon County13
- Russell County13
- Lowndes County13
- Crenshaw County13
- Choctaw County12
- Perry County12
- Shelby County12
- Sumter County12
- Walker County12
- Coffee County12
- Coosa County12
- Montgomery County12
- Talladega County12
- Washington County12
- Wilcox County12
- Escambia County12
- Houston County12
- Bibb County11
- Clarke County11
- Jefferson County11
- Bullock County11
- Lee County11
- Chambers County11
- Chilton County11
- Dallas County11
- Elmore County11
- St. Clair County11
- Covington County11
- Geneva County11
27 more counties
- Blount County10
- Cullman County10
- Greene County10
- Madison County10
- Morgan County10
- Pickens County10
- Cherokee County10
- Clay County10
- Cleburne County10
- Tallapoosa County10
- Etowah County10
- Fayette County9
- Jackson County9
- Marshall County9
- Winston County9
- Calhoun County9
- Mobile County9
- Randolph County9
- DeKalb County9
- Baldwin County9
- Franklin County8
- Lamar County8
- Lawrence County8
- Marion County8
- Limestone County7
- Colbert County7
- Lauderdale County6
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.