Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2017
28 tornado watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 28
- Busiest month
- April8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- January 22, 20174 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 2, 11:22 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston | 9 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coffee and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:48 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 10 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:06 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 44 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 10 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Pike and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 9 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 40 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 8 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman and 22 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 7, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 13 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County14
- Mobile County14
- Monroe County13
- Clarke County12
- Conecuh County12
- Covington County12
- Escambia County12
- Washington County12
- Butler County11
- Crenshaw County11
- Wilcox County11
- Geneva County11
- Henry County11
- Houston County11
- Choctaw County10
- Barbour County10
- Bullock County10
- Dale County10
- Pike County10
- Sumter County9
- Coffee County9
- Russell County9
- Autauga County9
- Marengo County8
- Chambers County8
- Chilton County8
- Coosa County8
- Dallas County8
- Greene County8
- Lowndes County8
- Montgomery County8
- Bibb County7
- Elmore County7
- Hale County7
- Lee County7
- Macon County7
- Perry County7
- Shelby County7
- Talladega County7
- Tallapoosa County7
27 more counties
- Jefferson County7
- St. Clair County7
- Tuscaloosa County7
- Clay County6
- Randolph County6
- Blount County6
- Cherokee County6
- Etowah County6
- Fayette County6
- Pickens County6
- Walker County6
- Calhoun County5
- Colbert County5
- Cullman County5
- Franklin County5
- Lamar County5
- Lauderdale County5
- Lawrence County5
- Limestone County5
- Marion County5
- Morgan County5
- Winston County5
- DeKalb County4
- Jackson County4
- Madison County4
- Marshall County4
- Cleburne County4
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.