Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2023
Tornado Watches in Alabama, April 2023
5 tornado watches in April 2023. 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 April 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- April 1, 20232 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:19 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:57 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Covington County2
- Coffee County2
- Dale County2
- Geneva County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Colbert County1
- Cullman County1
- DeKalb County1
- Fayette County1
- Franklin County1
- Jackson County1
- Lamar County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Limestone County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Morgan County1
- Walker County1
- Winston County1
- Autauga County1
- Bibb County1
- Blount County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cherokee County1
- Chilton County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
- Coosa County1
- Dallas County1
- Elmore County1
- Etowah County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Jefferson County1
- Marengo County1
- Perry County1
- Pickens County1
Nearby
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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.