Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2001
Tornado Watches in Alabama, August 2001
3 tornado watches in August 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 August 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- August 6, 20013 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Geneva County3
- Autauga County2
- Barbour County2
- Bullock County2
- Butler County2
- Coffee County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Dale County2
- Dallas County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Lowndes County2
- Macon County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pike County2
- Russell County2
- Covington County1
- Bibb County1
- Chambers County1
- Chilton County1
- Clay County1
- Coosa County1
- Elmore County1
- Fayette County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lamar County1
- Lee County1
- Perry County1
- St. Clair County1
- Shelby County1
- Talladega County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Walker County1
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.