Alert archive / Alabama / Winston County

Weather alerts in Winston County, Alabama, 2023

182 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Winston County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 182
Warnings: 36
Watches: 34
Advisories: 37
Busiest month: August42 alerts
Busiest day: August 9, 20239 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

1 of 3 tornado warnings covering Winston County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 6 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 6 minutes after it went out.

Winston County, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	3	1	67%	6	50%	6 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	20	14	30%	23	91%	22 min
Flash flood warnings	1	0	100%	0

Each office's whole area, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Birmingham, AL: tornado warnings	44	25	43%	93	72%	27 min
NWS Birmingham, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings	451	311	31%	916	74%	23 min
NWS Birmingham, AL: flash flood warnings	23	17	26%	40	93%	83 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 3, 9:14 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jan 3, 7:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jan 3, 10:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jan 3, 11:37 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jan 10, 4:41 AM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Jan 11, 2:17 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	31 hr
Jan 12, 6:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jan 12, 6:59 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jan 12, 8:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	26 min
Jan 12, 8:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	24 min
Jan 12, 9:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	37 min
Jan 12, 9:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	3 min
Jan 17, 6:06 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	16 hr
Jan 18, 1:53 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	16 hr
Jan 19, 1:37 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	5 hr
Jan 23, 2:02 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	46 hr
Feb 8, 3:42 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	29 hr
Feb 11, 2:31 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	27 hr
Feb 16, 1:17 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Feb 16, 1:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Feb 16, 2:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Feb 16, 6:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	2 hr
Feb 22, 2:12 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	19 hr
Feb 26, 2:23 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	41 hr
Mar 1, 7:36 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 1, 10:09 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Mar 1, 10:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	39 min
Mar 1, 11:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	43 min
Mar 2, 4:01 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	40 hr
Mar 3, 4:01 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 3, 6:24 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 3, 10:15 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Mar 3, 10:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	75 min
Mar 12, 3:08 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	BMX	36 hr
Mar 13, 2:52 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	31 hr
Mar 14, 3:02 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	30 hr
Mar 15, 3:19 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	BMX	29 hr
Mar 17, 4:15 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	BMX	5 hr
Mar 17, 4:15 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	BMX	23 hr
Mar 17, 9:28 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	24 hr
Mar 18, 3:27 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	31 hr
Mar 18, 3:27 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	55 hr
Mar 19, 4:21 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	BMX	22 hr
Mar 20, 2:06 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	30 hr
Mar 24, 12:07 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	19 hr
Mar 24, 9:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Mar 24, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Mar 24, 11:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Mar 24, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	47 min
Mar 25, 12:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	3 hr
Mar 31, 2:22 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	41 hr
Mar 31, 11:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Mar 31, 11:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 1, 1:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Apr 1, 2:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	32 min
Apr 1, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	52 min
Apr 1, 3:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Apr 5, 3:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Apr 13, 10:04 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	9 hr
Apr 15, 1:07 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	8 hr
Apr 27, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 27, 6:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 28, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	41 min
May 2, 2:19 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	17 hr
May 10, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	25 min
May 10, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	35 min
May 11, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	38 min
May 18, 1:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 20, 1:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	31 min
Jun 4, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	33 min
Jun 5, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	26 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	23 min
Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 11, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	26 min
Jun 11, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	30 min
Jun 11, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	30 min
Jun 11, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	26 min
Jun 14, 9:40 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 14, 10:09 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 14, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	50 min
Jun 14, 10:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	30 min
Jun 14, 12:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	57 min
Jun 14, 1:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 15, 1:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 17, 3:29 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	7 hr
Jun 18, 6:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 18, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	46 min
Jun 18, 8:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 18, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 18, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	35 min
Jun 19, 12:57 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 25, 12:32 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	8 hr
Jun 25, 12:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 25, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 25, 7:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 25, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 25, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	23 min
Jun 27, 3:22 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	BMX	24 hr
Jun 28, 3:00 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	BMX	4 days
Jun 28, 3:00 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	5 days
Jun 29, 5:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jun 29, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	57 min
Jun 29, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	52 min
Jul 1, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 1, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	41 min
Jul 2, 10:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 2, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 2, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	24 min
Jul 2, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	43 min
Jul 3, 12:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jul 3, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	34 min
Jul 7, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	33 min
Jul 14, 12:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	24 min
Jul 14, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	32 min
Jul 18, 2:48 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	3 days
Jul 18, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 18, 5:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 18, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	29 min
Jul 19, 12:25 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	57 hr
Jul 21, 2:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jul 21, 3:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 21, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 27, 1:48 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	3 days
Aug 2, 9:29 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	46 hr
Aug 3, 4:11 AM CDT	Flood Watch	BMX	36 hr
Aug 3, 7:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 3, 12:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Aug 3, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	45 min
Aug 4, 5:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	23 min
Aug 4, 5:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	56 min
Aug 5, 5:44 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	2 hr
Aug 5, 1:04 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	52 hr
Aug 5, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	61 min
Aug 5, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	44 min
Aug 6, 11:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Aug 6, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 6, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	60 min
Aug 7, 9:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Aug 7, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 7, 1:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 7, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	53 min
Aug 7, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	53 min
Aug 7, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	60 min
Aug 7, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	58 min
Aug 9, 2:43 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	6 hr
Aug 9, 11:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Aug 9, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 9, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 9, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	60 min
Aug 9, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	55 min
Aug 9, 6:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Aug 9, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Aug 9, 6:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	3 hr
Aug 10, 12:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Aug 10, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	54 min
Aug 11, 2:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	118 min
Aug 11, 3:58 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	17 hr
Aug 11, 12:10 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	BMX	3 days
Aug 11, 12:10 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	62 hr
Aug 12, 9:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 12, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Aug 20, 2:29 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	7 days
Aug 22, 2:25 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	BMX	3 days
Aug 25, 1:51 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BMX	58 hr
Sep 6, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	32 min
Sep 6, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	45 min
Sep 17, 4:20 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	5 hr
Oct 21, 4:29 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	HUN	15 hr
Oct 30, 3:43 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	BMX	47 hr
Oct 30, 12:28 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	45 hr
Oct 30, 12:44 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	HUN	30 hr
Oct 31, 2:46 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	BMX	24 hr
Nov 1, 2:17 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	31 hr
Nov 20, 2:22 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	30 hr
Dec 1, 9:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	12 hr
Dec 9, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Dec 9, 5:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Dec 9, 8:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	65 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	20
Tornado Warning	3
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	13
Tornado Watch	12
Mesoscale Discussion	45
Special Weather Statement	30
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	1
Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	3
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	3
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	11
Cold
Freeze Warning	8
Freeze Watch	6
Frost Advisory	1
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	14
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7
Freezing Fog Advisory	1

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2022 2024

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.