Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2004
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, August 2004
7 mesoscale discussions in August 2004. 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 in August 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 7
- Busiest day
- August 20, 20043 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 12 more | 94 min |
| Aug 12, 3:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Henry, Houston | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Cleburne | 85 min |
| Aug 20, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Randolph and 2 more | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 12:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 24 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County4
- Cleburne County4
- Talladega County4
- Calhoun County3
- Clay County3
- Etowah County3
- Randolph County3
- St. Clair County3
- Shelby County3
- Chambers County2
- Coosa County2
- Cullman County2
- DeKalb County2
- Jefferson County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Walker County2
- Blount County1
- Marshall County1
- Henry County1
- Houston County1
- Colbert County1
- Fayette County1
- Franklin County1
- Jackson County1
- Lamar County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Limestone County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Morgan County1
- Winston County1
- Autauga County1
- Barbour County1
- Bibb County1
- Bullock County1
- Butler County1
- Chilton County1
- Choctaw County1
- Crenshaw County1
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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.