Alert archive / Alabama / Washington County
Weather alerts in Washington County, Alabama, 2026
156 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Washington County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 156
- Warnings
- 47
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- May24 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 29, 202611 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 3 tornado warnings covering Washington County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.
Washington County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 23 | 2 | 91% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Mobile, AL: tornado warnings | 38 | 19 | 50% | 49 | 67% | 17 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 176 | 30 | 83% | 86 | 52% | 17 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: flash flood warnings | 37 | 18 | 51% | 40 | 90% | 117 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 11:08 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 10 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:55 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 21 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jan 9, 3:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jan 10, 3:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jan 14, 11:26 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MOB | 22 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:34 AM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | MOB | 35 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:47 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 21 days |
| Jan 24, 9:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 5 days |
| Jan 24, 10:38 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | MOB | 36 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:38 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MOB | 37 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 15 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:34 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MOB | 23 hr |
| Jan 28, 9:56 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | MOB | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:15 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MOB | 61 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:30 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 46 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:41 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 22 hr |
| Feb 14, 10:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:17 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 17 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:10 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MOB | 21 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:21 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 31 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:56 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 21 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Mar 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 46 min |
| Mar 11, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 35 min |
| Mar 11, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 9:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 21 days |
| Mar 12, 9:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 5 days |
| Mar 15, 1:09 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | 44 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 62 min |
| Mar 17, 12:06 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | 20 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:18 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 10 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 32 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:14 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:09 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 11:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 3 days |
| Apr 29, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 3 days |
| Apr 29, 12:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 29, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 11:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 6, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 7:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 6, 8:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 49 min |
| May 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 40 min |
| May 6, 10:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 6, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 7, 1:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 7, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 46 min |
| May 7, 4:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 9, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 28 min |
| May 10, 1:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 8 hr |
| May 22, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 34 min |
| May 22, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 34 min |
| May 22, 9:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 37 min |
| May 23, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| May 25, 6:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MOB | 39 hr |
| May 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 24 hr |
| May 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 24 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 4:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MOB | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 9:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 17, 8:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 5:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 7:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 18, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 10:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 6 days |
| Jun 18, 12:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 62 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 11:16 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 19 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 12, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 73 min |
| Jul 12, 6:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 26, 1:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 31 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 56 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:57 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 32 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:26 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 31 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 12, 12:33 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 31 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:36 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 31 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 33 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:25 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 33 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:09 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 33 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:48 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 32 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 11:44 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 32 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 18, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 1:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 31 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 11:21 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 33 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 9:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 40 min |
| Sep 11, 8:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 46 min |
| Sep 20, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 51 min |
| Sep 21, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 30 min |
| Sep 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 57 min |
| Sep 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 42 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 23 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 34 |
| Special Weather Statement | 26 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 10 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 14 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 3 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.