Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2009
Tornado Watches in Alabama, March 2009
11 tornado watches in March 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 March 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 11
- Busiest day
- March 28, 20095 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 37 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:17 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and 2 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County5
- Mobile County5
- Washington County5
- Coffee County5
- Dale County5
- Geneva County5
- Henry County5
- Houston County5
- Choctaw County4
- Clarke County4
- Conecuh County4
- Covington County4
- Escambia County4
- Monroe County4
- Butler County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Wilcox County3
- Autauga County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clay County2
- Cleburne County2
- Dallas County2
- Elmore County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Lowndes County2
- Marengo County2
- Montgomery County2
- Perry County2
- Randolph County2
- St. Clair County2
- Sumter County2
- Talladega County2
- Barbour County1
- Bibb County1
- Bullock County1
- Chambers County1
- Chilton County1
- Coosa County1
- Jefferson County1
19 more counties
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.