Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama
3,731 mesoscale discussions since 1986. 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 3,731
- Busiest year
- 2023223 mesoscale discussions
- Average year
- 155over 24 years on file
Over time
By year
Mesoscale discussions are counted from 2003.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County851
- Clarke County822
- Bibb County817
- Tuscaloosa County816
- Hale County810
- Monroe County808
- Choctaw County803
- Greene County803
- Escambia County800
- Conecuh County794
- Baldwin County793
- Perry County790
- Mobile County789
- Marengo County780
- Shelby County778
- Houston County777
- Geneva County776
- Wilcox County773
- Covington County773
- Jefferson County771
- Chilton County767
- Pickens County767
- Sumter County760
- Lawrence County759
- Fayette County758
- Marion County758
- Walker County752
- Dallas County751
- Dale County749
- Coffee County748
- Henry County745
- Autauga County744
- Winston County742
- Butler County742
- Crenshaw County738
- Colbert County733
- Talladega County731
- Limestone County731
- Lowndes County730
- Franklin County725
27 more counties
- Lamar County723
- Coosa County719
- Elmore County718
- Pike County717
- Morgan County714
- Cullman County713
- Montgomery County711
- Madison County710
- Lauderdale County703
- Bullock County699
- St. Clair County695
- Clay County694
- Barbour County693
- Blount County692
- Tallapoosa County686
- Macon County684
- Marshall County679
- Lee County668
- Russell County662
- Jackson County653
- Etowah County648
- Calhoun County647
- Chambers County647
- DeKalb County634
- Randolph County627
- Cleburne County622
- Cherokee County602
The latest mesoscale discussions
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 1:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 2 more | 87 min |
| Aug 21, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 117 min |
| Aug 19, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 16 more | 3 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.