Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2001
32 tornado watches in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 32
- Busiest month
- March9 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- October 13, 20014 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Clarke and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Covington and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Geneva | 7 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Covington and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette and 20 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 13, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 13, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 13, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 3 hr |
| Nov 24, 5:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Cullman and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 13, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo and 5 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Geneva County16
- Dale County15
- Lowndes County14
- Coffee County14
- Monroe County13
- Washington County13
- Covington County13
- Henry County13
- Houston County13
- Autauga County12
- Clarke County12
- Dallas County12
- Marengo County12
- Butler County12
- Perry County11
- Montgomery County11
- Crenshaw County11
- Wilcox County10
- Macon County10
- Conecuh County10
- Escambia County10
- Bibb County9
- Choctaw County9
- Sumter County9
- Bullock County9
- Russell County9
- Barbour County9
- Pike County9
- Mobile County9
- Fayette County8
- Jefferson County8
- Shelby County8
- Tuscaloosa County8
- Walker County8
- Lauderdale County8
- Baldwin County8
- Blount County7
- Chilton County7
- Cullman County7
- Greene County7
27 more counties
- Hale County7
- Lamar County7
- Lawrence County7
- Limestone County7
- Marshall County7
- Morgan County7
- St. Clair County7
- Winston County7
- Elmore County7
- Colbert County7
- Jackson County6
- Madison County6
- Marion County6
- Pickens County6
- Lee County6
- Franklin County6
- Coosa County5
- Talladega County5
- Clay County4
- Calhoun County3
- DeKalb County3
- Etowah County3
- Chambers County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Cherokee County2
- Cleburne County2
- Randolph 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.