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Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2024

24 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
24
Busiest month
May8 tornado watches
Busiest day
May 9, 20244 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 8, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more11 hr
Jan 9, 6:07 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 1 more7 hr
Feb 12, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 23 more7 hr
Mar 8, 1:58 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington5 hr
Mar 9, 2:05 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 2 more4 hr
Apr 2, 3:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more6 hr
Apr 2, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 47 more8 hr
Apr 3, 1:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston5 hr
Apr 10, 9:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 10 more6 hr
Apr 10, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 1 more7 hr
May 8, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more7 hr
May 8, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall5 hr
May 9, 3:02 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 23 more7 hr
May 9, 8:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 22 more6 hr
May 9, 12:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDale, Henry, Houston7 hr
May 16, 10:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile4 hr
May 17, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry and 1 more6 hr
May 27, 1:10 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 13 more5 hr
Sep 11, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile, Washington8 hr
Sep 12, 5:53 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 6 more7 hr
Sep 12, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and 6 more4 hr
Dec 28, 6:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more9 hr
Dec 28, 8:09 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 44 more7 hr
Dec 29, 12:54 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, 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. May 9, 20244tornado watches
  2. September 12, 20243tornado watches
  3. December 29, 20243tornado watches
  4. January 9, 20242tornado watches
  5. April 2, 20242tornado watches
  6. April 10, 20242tornado watches
  7. May 17, 20242tornado watches
  8. February 12, 20241tornado watches
  9. March 8, 20241tornado watches
  10. March 9, 20241tornado watches
  11. April 3, 20241tornado watches
  12. May 8, 20241tornado 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.