Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2008
48 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 48
- Busiest month
- February9 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 6, 20085 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 7 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Geneva and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:26 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:32 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 28 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:21 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 4:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| May 8, 8:04 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw and 29 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 1:37 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 4:52 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 8 hr |
| May 15, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Elmore and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 38 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 25, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 41 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Geneva and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 10 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 14, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:03 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 6:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 22 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County21
- Washington County20
- Choctaw County19
- Baldwin County19
- Clarke County19
- Mobile County19
- Wilcox County19
- Conecuh County19
- Escambia County19
- Butler County18
- Covington County18
- Crenshaw County18
- Geneva County18
- Tuscaloosa County17
- Coffee County17
- Dale County17
- Henry County17
- Houston County17
- Pickens County16
- Walker County16
- Autauga County16
- Bullock County16
- Lowndes County16
- Montgomery County16
- Greene County15
- Hale County15
- Jefferson County15
- Dallas County15
- Perry County15
- Shelby County15
- Barbour County15
- Elmore County15
- Lee County15
- Macon County15
- Pike County15
- Russell County15
- Fayette County14
- Chambers County14
- Clay County14
- Coosa County14
27 more counties
- Randolph County14
- St. Clair County14
- Tallapoosa County14
- Blount County13
- Marengo County13
- Sumter County13
- Chilton County13
- Talladega County13
- Lamar County12
- Winston County12
- Bibb County12
- Calhoun County12
- Cleburne County12
- Etowah County12
- Cullman County11
- Madison County11
- Morgan County11
- Cherokee County11
- Lawrence County10
- Limestone County10
- Marion County9
- Marshall County9
- DeKalb County9
- Colbert County8
- Franklin County8
- Lauderdale County8
- Jackson County7
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.