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- ► While tornadoes can occur anytime, weather data shows they are most likely to occur noon through 8 p.m. in Alabama. From 1950 through 2020, the most common time for tornadoes to strike is around 5 p.m. ► November through May marks the most active tornado season in Alabama, though tornadoes can spin up every month of the year.
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Feb 23, 2022 · The primary season for severe weather and tornadoes is March, April and the first half of May. That’s when we see the most tornadoes, on average, every year across the state. April is by...
May 17, 2024 · Alabama has had its fair share of tornadoes in the past week. On May 8 and 9, north Alabama was hit by 14 tornadoes, including two EF-3s. Then on May 10 south Alabama added two tornadoes...
Nov 30, 2022 · Here's what we know about tornadoes and severe weather season in Alabama. March is the beginning of spring severe weather season, a period lasting through May. From 1950 to 2020 there have...
Jun 17, 2021 · Tornadoes are most likely to occur in April, according to National Weather Service data, and least likely to occur in July. From 1950 to 2020, 553 tornadoes were recorded in April across the...
Nov 2, 2023 · Tornadoes may occur at any time of the year, but in Alabama the core months are March, April, and May in the spring, and November and December in late autumn. These are the months when conditions are most likely to come together for severe thunderstorms.
Jan 13, 2023 · DENVER (AP) — A La Nina weather pattern, warm moist air coming from an unusually toasty Gulf of Mexico, likely juiced by climate change, and a decades long eastward shift of tornadoes came together to create the unusually early and deadly storm system that hit Alabama Thursday, meteorologists said. And it may be the start of a bad tornado ...