Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2003

Tornado Watches in Alabama, May 2003

22 tornado watches in May 2003. 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest day
May 7, 20037 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 37 more5 hr
May 5, 4:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more6 hr
May 5, 6:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall3 hr
May 5, 8:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 13 more6 hr
May 5, 9:35 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Lamar and 10 more5 hr
May 5, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 15 more7 hr
May 5, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 17 more7 hr
May 6, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 14 more6 hr
May 6, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 16 more5 hr
May 6, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 22 more7 hr
May 6, 11:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan6 hr
May 7, 4:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCLauderdale6 hr
May 7, 7:35 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 16 more5 hr
May 7, 10:35 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 23 more5 hr
May 7, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCSumter5 hr
May 7, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCRussell6 hr
May 7, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 30 more6 hr
May 7, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Chambers, Lee, Russell5 hr
May 10, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale6 hr
May 17, 9:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Cherokee, Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman and 25 more6 hr
May 17, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 28 more8 hr
May 18, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Cleburne, Coffee, Covington and 13 more5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.