Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2002
30 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- November9 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- November 11, 20025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cullman, Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Marion, Pickens and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 10 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Geneva, Houston, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 29, 12:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 5, 9:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 5, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 5, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Russell | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Dallas and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 9:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Marengo, Mobile and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 19, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay, Coffee and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 23, 8:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Washington | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 2 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mobile County15
- Geneva County15
- Covington County14
- Dale County14
- Henry County14
- Coffee County13
- Houston County13
- Washington County12
- Baldwin County12
- Clarke County12
- Escambia County11
- Crenshaw County11
- Butler County10
- Conecuh County10
- Choctaw County10
- Barbour County10
- Monroe County9
- Wilcox County9
- Bullock County8
- Pike County8
- Dallas County8
- Lowndes County7
- Macon County7
- Montgomery County7
- Russell County7
- Autauga County7
- Greene County6
- Sumter County6
- Tuscaloosa County6
- Chilton County6
- Coosa County6
- Elmore County6
- Lee County6
- Marengo County6
- Perry County6
- Tallapoosa County6
- Bibb County5
- Chambers County5
- Hale County5
- Pickens County4
27 more counties
- Clay County4
- Shelby County4
- Cullman County3
- Fayette County3
- Marion County3
- Walker County3
- Winston County3
- Blount County3
- Etowah County3
- Jefferson County3
- St. Clair County3
- Randolph County3
- Colbert County2
- Franklin County2
- Jackson County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Lawrence County2
- Limestone County2
- Madison County2
- Lamar County2
- Calhoun County2
- Talladega County2
- DeKalb County2
- Marshall County1
- Morgan County1
- Cherokee County1
- Cleburne County1
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.