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Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2021

33 tornado watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
33
Busiest month
March10 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 17, 20213 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 5:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert and 25 more7 hr
Jan 26, 12:37 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 13 more4 hr
Feb 15, 11:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston5 hr
Feb 18, 1:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCGeneva, Houston6 hr
Mar 17, 11:36 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 25 more7 hr
Mar 17, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Cleburne, Elmore, Etowah and 7 more5 hr
Mar 17, 6:48 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 44 more8 hr
Mar 17, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more3 hr
Mar 17, 11:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston9 hr
Mar 25, 11:26 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 39 more9 hr
Mar 25, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 18 more3 hr
Mar 25, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more3 hr
Mar 27, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison7 hr
Mar 27, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin and 11 more8 hr
Apr 10, 2:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 7 more8 hr
Apr 24, 1:23 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more8 hr
Apr 24, 5:22 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston9 hr
May 2, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 5 more5 hr
May 3, 9:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore and 6 more5 hr
May 4, 9:18 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 28 more7 hr
May 4, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 20 more6 hr
Jun 19, 1:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 3 more9 hr
Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 10 more9 hr
Jun 19, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 2 more13 hr
Aug 16, 7:33 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCHouston13 hr
Aug 29, 6:07 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Washington13 hr
Aug 29, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more11 hr
Aug 30, 5:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more10 hr
Oct 6, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 12 more7 hr
Oct 27, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Washington7 hr
Dec 11, 3:41 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more6 hr
Dec 29, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman and 24 more6 hr
Dec 29, 9:16 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 4 more7 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 17, 20213tornado watches
  2. March 18, 20212tornado watches
  3. March 26, 20212tornado watches
  4. April 24, 20212tornado watches
  5. May 4, 20212tornado watches
  6. June 19, 20212tornado watches
  7. August 29, 20212tornado watches
  8. January 25, 20211tornado watches
  9. January 26, 20211tornado watches
  10. February 15, 20211tornado watches
  11. February 18, 20211tornado watches
  12. March 25, 20211tornado watches

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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.