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Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2006

24 tornado watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
24
Busiest month
April7 tornado watches
Busiest day
November 15, 20063 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 1, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Conecuh, Covington and 10 more7 hr
Jan 2, 7:10 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 6 more5 hr
Jan 13, 7:11 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 27 more7 hr
Feb 2, 2:10 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile8 hr
Mar 13, 1:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale and 12 more6 hr
Mar 13, 5:56 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 11 more4 hr
Mar 20, 3:09 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw and 12 more7 hr
Mar 20, 6:03 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington and 11 more4 hr
Apr 3, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette and 17 more5 hr
Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 16 more8 hr
Apr 7, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 37 more9 hr
Apr 8, 9:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia and 4 more7 hr
Apr 19, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 19 more6 hr
Apr 19, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 15 more6 hr
Apr 21, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile4 hr
May 10, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 26 more7 hr
Sep 22, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Clay, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman and 18 more5 hr
Oct 16, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia and 6 more8 hr
Oct 17, 1:38 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia and 6 more7 hr
Oct 27, 6:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington7 hr
Nov 15, 4:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 20 more6 hr
Nov 15, 9:01 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 22 more6 hr
Nov 15, 9:54 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 33 more11 hr
Dec 30, 8:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile5 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. November 15, 20063tornado watches
  2. March 13, 20062tornado watches
  3. April 8, 20062tornado watches
  4. April 19, 20062tornado watches
  5. January 1, 20061tornado watches
  6. January 2, 20061tornado watches
  7. January 13, 20061tornado watches
  8. February 2, 20061tornado watches
  9. March 20, 20061tornado watches
  10. March 21, 20061tornado watches
  11. April 3, 20061tornado watches
  12. April 7, 20061tornado watches

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.