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Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2022

39 tornado watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
39
Busiest month
March13 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 2, 20223 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 1, 12:56 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more6 hr
Jan 1, 3:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette and 13 more6 hr
Jan 1, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more7 hr
Jan 1, 10:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 25 more6 hr
Jan 2, 1:17 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCGeneva, Henry, Houston9 hr
Jan 9, 10:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton and 19 more9 hr
Feb 3, 11:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 34 more8 hr
Feb 17, 1:46 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale and 12 more6 hr
Feb 17, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 11 more5 hr
Feb 22, 5:16 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Jackson and 12 more7 hr
Mar 9, 1:21 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more8 hr
Mar 9, 5:18 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHenry7 hr
Mar 11, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry and 1 more7 hr
Mar 18, 3:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington8 hr
Mar 18, 7:33 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more8 hr
Mar 18, 10:53 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston8 hr
Mar 22, 12:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 12 more6 hr
Mar 22, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 14 more7 hr
Mar 22, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter and 3 more4 hr
Mar 22, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 29 more7 hr
Mar 30, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Coosa and 31 more8 hr
Mar 30, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more9 hr
Mar 30, 11:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 12 more6 hr
Apr 5, 6:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 27 more8 hr
Apr 6, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall5 hr
Apr 13, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Washington4 hr
May 6, 11:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 2 more7 hr
May 26, 7:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more8 hr
Oct 25, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Colbert and 23 more3 hr
Oct 29, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile, Washington8 hr
Nov 26, 6:31 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Nov 29, 4:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 6 more6 hr
Nov 29, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox6 hr
Nov 29, 10:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 27 more7 hr
Nov 30, 4:34 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more6 hr
Dec 14, 5:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Washington7 hr
Dec 14, 12:22 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale and 7 more10 hr
Dec 14, 5:57 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 14 more7 hr
Dec 15, 1:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHenry, Houston7 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. January 2, 20223tornado watches
  2. March 18, 20223tornado watches
  3. December 14, 20223tornado watches
  4. January 1, 20222tornado watches
  5. February 17, 20222tornado watches
  6. March 9, 20222tornado watches
  7. March 22, 20222tornado watches
  8. March 23, 20222tornado watches
  9. March 30, 20222tornado watches
  10. November 29, 20222tornado watches
  11. November 30, 20222tornado watches
  12. January 9, 20221tornado 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.