Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Alabama, September 2002
8 tornado watches in September 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 September 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- September 26, 20024 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County7
- Mobile County7
- Covington County5
- Escambia County5
- Geneva County5
- Houston County5
- Butler County4
- Clarke County4
- Conecuh County4
- Monroe County4
- Washington County4
- Coffee County4
- Dale County4
- Henry County4
- Choctaw County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Wilcox County3
- Barbour County3
- Bullock County3
- Lowndes County3
- Macon County3
- Montgomery County3
- Russell County3
- Pike County2
- Autauga County2
- Bibb County2
- Chilton County2
- Coosa County2
- Dallas County2
- Elmore County2
- Lee County2
- Perry County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Chambers County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Marengo County1
- Pickens County1
- Sumter 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.