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Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2012
40 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 40
- Busiest month
- January7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20123 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 20, 10:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Henry, Lee and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 37 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:18 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 26, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Feb 18, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Houston | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:48 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:04 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 7 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 50 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:56 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Geneva, Houston | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 9 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Greene, Sumter, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 10, 8:51 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:23 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 34 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 20, 9:19 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 9 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Choctaw and 19 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington and 12 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County18
- Baldwin County17
- Mobile County17
- Clarke County15
- Choctaw County14
- Monroe County14
- Escambia County14
- Lee County13
- Macon County13
- Russell County13
- Conecuh County13
- Montgomery County13
- Wilcox County13
- Chambers County12
- Marengo County12
- Tallapoosa County12
- Bullock County12
- Autauga County11
- Dallas County11
- Elmore County11
- Hale County11
- Perry County11
- Sumter County11
- Barbour County11
- Crenshaw County11
- Pike County11
- Greene County10
- Lowndes County10
- Covington County10
- Houston County10
- Limestone County9
- Morgan County9
- Chilton County9
- Clay County9
- Randolph County9
- Henry County9
- Butler County9
- Geneva County9
- Fayette County8
- Lamar County8
27 more counties
- Lawrence County8
- Madison County8
- Walker County8
- Coosa County8
- Coffee County8
- Dale County8
- Franklin County7
- Marion County7
- Winston County7
- Bibb County7
- Blount County7
- Calhoun County7
- Cleburne County7
- DeKalb County7
- Jackson County7
- Marshall County7
- Pickens County7
- St. Clair County7
- Talladega County7
- Tuscaloosa County7
- Colbert County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Cullman County6
- Jefferson County6
- Cherokee County5
- Etowah County5
- Shelby County5
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.