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Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2004

37 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
37
Busiest month
October7 tornado watches
Busiest day
October 19, 20046 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 4:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more6 hr
Jan 26, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston6 hr
Feb 5, 11:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene and 6 more5 hr
Feb 5, 4:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene and 10 more6 hr
Feb 5, 10:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 14 more5 hr
Mar 5, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 7 more5 hr
Apr 29, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile, Monroe6 hr
Apr 29, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more5 hr
Apr 29, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale5 hr
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette and 13 more7 hr
May 31, 12:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee5 hr
May 31, 3:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 17 more5 hr
May 31, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 5 more6 hr
May 31, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston4 hr
Sep 15, 12:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile10 hr
Sep 15, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 19 more10 hr
Sep 16, 1:10 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 34 more9 hr
Sep 16, 9:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 17 more10 hr
Sep 16, 9:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Pike10 hr
Oct 18, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more5 hr
Oct 18, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 8 more4 hr
Oct 18, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more5 hr
Oct 19, 9:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 20 more7 hr
Oct 19, 12:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 16 more7 hr
Oct 19, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Dallas and 16 more6 hr
Oct 19, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 16 more4 hr
Nov 23, 9:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 13 more7 hr
Nov 24, 12:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene and 7 more5 hr
Nov 24, 3:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, Etowah and 5 more5 hr
Nov 24, 5:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 20 more6 hr
Nov 24, 7:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Chambers, Lee, Russell6 hr
Nov 24, 8:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston6 hr
Dec 7, 3:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 17 more5 hr
Dec 9, 4:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Coosa and 14 more5 hr
Dec 9, 10:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCHouston4 hr
Dec 22, 2:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Washington6 hr
Dec 22, 7:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 2 more6 hr

By county

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

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. October 19, 20046tornado watches
  2. November 24, 20046tornado watches
  3. May 31, 20045tornado watches
  4. September 16, 20043tornado watches
  5. January 26, 20042tornado watches
  6. February 5, 20042tornado watches
  7. April 30, 20042tornado watches
  8. September 15, 20042tornado watches
  9. February 6, 20041tornado watches
  10. March 5, 20041tornado watches
  11. April 29, 20041tornado watches
  12. October 18, 20041tornado watches

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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.