Alert archive / Alabama / Winston County
Weather alerts in Winston County, Alabama, 2018
122 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Winston County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 122
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- June31 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 23, 20189 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Winston County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Winston County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 6 | 4 | 33% | 11 | 64% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Birmingham, AL: tornado warnings | 24 | 6 | 75% | 29 | 45% | 18 min |
| NWS Birmingham, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 119 | 75 | 37% | 363 | 54% | 24 min |
| NWS Birmingham, AL: flash flood warnings | 40 | 22 | 45% | 61 | 92% | 97 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
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 9, 9:21 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:57 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 11 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | BMX | 10 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:40 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | BMX | 32 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | 42 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:36 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | BMX | 33 hr |
| Jan 16, 11:12 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BMX | 46 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:45 PM CST | Flood Watch | BMX | 52 hr |
| Feb 10, 7:02 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 118 min |
| Feb 28, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 3:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 3:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 3:48 AM CST | Freeze Watch | BMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:48 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | 28 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:11 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | 28 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:19 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:19 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 30 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:19 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:33 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:33 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 30 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:23 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 30 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Mar 19, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Mar 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 20 min |
| Mar 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 64 min |
| Mar 20, 3:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 19 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:54 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 29 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 3, 6:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 3, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 3:14 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 29 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:06 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 23 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:30 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 31 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 36 hr |
| Apr 14, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | 20 min |
| Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | 18 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 25 hr |
| May 6, 12:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| May 23, 7:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 117 min |
| May 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 5 hr |
| May 28, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 40 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 12:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 115 min |
| Jun 17, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 9:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 22, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 19 min |
| Jun 23, 7:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 23, 7:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 10:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 23, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 7:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 115 min |
| Jun 23, 8:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:56 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 23 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 28, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 3:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 4:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:02 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 16 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 4:27 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 27 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 26 min |
| Sep 13, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 119 min |
| Sep 26, 6:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 35 hr |
| Sep 26, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:43 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | 17 hr |
| Nov 1, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 1, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 32 min |
| Nov 1, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Nov 4, 10:45 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 9 hr |
| Nov 5, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:36 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | 29 hr |
| Nov 9, 12:50 PM CST | Freeze Watch | BMX | 20 hr |
| Nov 10, 8:52 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | 23 hr |
| Nov 13, 3:05 PM CST | Freeze Watch | BMX | 12 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:58 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | 54 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:39 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 5 hr |
| Nov 24, 7:22 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Dec 1, 5:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Dec 8, 10:44 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:59 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | BMX | 7 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:33 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 7 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:42 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 9 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:54 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 34 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | 45 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 2 hr |
| Dec 30, 6:08 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 13 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 1:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
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 | 6 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 18 |
| Special Weather Statement | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 11 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 6 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 11 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.