Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Alabama, December 2002
9 tornado watches in December 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 December 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- December 19, 20023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 County5
- Washington County5
- Covington County5
- Choctaw County4
- Clarke County4
- Coffee County4
- Conecuh County4
- Dale County4
- Escambia County4
- Geneva County4
- Henry County4
- Autauga County3
- Dallas County3
- Marengo County3
- Monroe County3
- Wilcox County3
- Barbour County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Pike County3
- Houston County3
- Baldwin County3
- Chilton County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Perry County2
- Sumter County2
- Bullock County2
- Butler County2
- Coosa County2
- Elmore County2
- Lowndes County2
- Montgomery County2
- Bibb County1
- Pickens County1
- Shelby County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Chambers County1
- Clay County1
- Lee County1
- Macon County1
3 more counties
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.