Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2009
Tornado Watches in Alabama, December 2009
7 tornado watches in December 2009. 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 December 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- December 9, 20093 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 8, 5:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Dec 8, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Fayette and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 8, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:37 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale and 5 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County3
- Coffee County3
- Dale County3
- Geneva County3
- Henry County3
- Houston County3
- Clarke County3
- Conecuh County2
- Covington County2
- Escambia County2
- Mobile County2
- Choctaw County2
- Washington County2
- Colbert County1
- Franklin County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Bibb County1
- Blount County1
- Dallas County1
- Fayette County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lamar County1
- Marengo County1
- Marion County1
- Perry County1
- Pickens County1
- Shelby County1
- Sumter County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Walker County1
- Wilcox County1
- Winston County1
- Autauga County1
- Bullock County1
- Calhoun County1
- Chambers County1
- Cherokee 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.