Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2023
Tornado Watches in Alabama, March 2023
8 tornado watches in March 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 March 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- March 3, 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 1, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:24 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Houston | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Colbert County4
- Franklin County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Cullman County3
- DeKalb County3
- Fayette County3
- Jackson County3
- Lamar County3
- Lawrence County3
- Limestone County3
- Madison County3
- Marion County3
- Marshall County3
- Morgan County3
- Walker County3
- Winston County3
- Calhoun County2
- Clay County2
- Cleburne County2
- Jefferson County2
- Randolph County2
- St. Clair County2
- Shelby County2
- Talladega County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Autauga County2
- Barbour County2
- Bullock County2
- Butler County2
- Chambers County2
- Chilton County2
- Choctaw County2
- Clarke County2
- Conecuh County2
- Coosa County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Dallas County2
- Elmore County2
- Lee County2
- Lowndes County2
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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.