Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Alabama, March 2026
5 tornado watches in March 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- March 16, 20263 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 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 21 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County3
- Conecuh County3
- Elmore County3
- Lowndes County3
- Monroe County3
- Montgomery County3
- Choctaw County2
- Clarke County2
- Dallas County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Marengo County2
- Mobile County2
- Perry County2
- Sumter County2
- Washington County2
- Wilcox County2
- Autauga County2
- Baldwin County2
- Barbour County2
- Bullock County2
- Chambers County2
- Coffee County2
- Coosa County2
- Covington County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Dale County2
- Escambia County2
- Geneva County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Lee County2
- Macon County2
- Pike County2
- Randolph County2
- Russell County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Colbert County1
- Cullman County1
- DeKalb County1
27 more counties
- Franklin County1
- Jackson County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Limestone County1
- Madison County1
- Marshall County1
- Morgan County1
- Bibb County1
- Blount County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cherokee County1
- Chilton County1
- Etowah County1
- Fayette County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lamar County1
- Marion County1
- Pickens County1
- St. Clair County1
- Shelby County1
- Talladega County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Walker County1
- Winston County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
Nearby
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.