Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2010
28 tornado watches in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 28
- Busiest month
- April7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 24, 20104 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 21, 2:09 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:26 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:18 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Mobile and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:01 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 44 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee, Covington and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 1, 3:11 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 8 hr |
| May 1, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 8 more | 8 hr |
| May 2, 3:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 25, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 25, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 27, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 34 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:43 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:39 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia and 4 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bibb County13
- Greene County13
- Hale County13
- Marengo County13
- Perry County13
- Sumter County13
- Chilton County12
- Dallas County12
- Pickens County12
- Tuscaloosa County12
- Coosa County12
- Autauga County11
- Butler County11
- Elmore County11
- Tallapoosa County11
- Choctaw County10
- Lowndes County10
- Montgomery County10
- Wilcox County10
- Clay County10
- Jefferson County10
- Shelby County10
- Conecuh County9
- Crenshaw County9
- Monroe County9
- Pike County9
- Chambers County9
- Cleburne County9
- Randolph County9
- Blount County9
- Etowah County9
- Fayette County9
- St. Clair County9
- Talladega County9
- Walker County9
- Baldwin County8
- Clarke County8
- Covington County8
- Dale County8
- Geneva County8
27 more counties
- Henry County8
- Houston County8
- Washington County8
- Colbert County8
- Franklin County8
- Lauderdale County8
- Bullock County8
- Macon County8
- Calhoun County8
- Cherokee County8
- Cullman County8
- Lamar County8
- Marion County8
- Winston County8
- Coffee County7
- Escambia County7
- Barbour County7
- Lee County7
- Russell County7
- DeKalb County7
- Jackson County7
- Madison County7
- Marshall County7
- Morgan County7
- Mobile County6
- Lawrence County6
- Limestone County6
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.