Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2008
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, April 2008
20 mesoscale discussions in April 2008. 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 April 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 20
- Busiest day
- April 4, 20087 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton and 29 more | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 1:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 89 min |
| Apr 4, 7:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene and 5 more | 89 min |
| Apr 4, 12:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph | 87 min |
| Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 10 more | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 23 more | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 7:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bullock, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Russell | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 7:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 18 more | 87 min |
| Apr 4, 10:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 83 min |
| Apr 11, 2:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 33 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 16 more | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Coosa and 7 more | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar and 9 more | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia and 7 more | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 4 more | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 10:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dallas County8
- Marengo County7
- Baldwin County7
- Conecuh County7
- Escambia County7
- Mobile County7
- Wilcox County7
- Autauga County6
- Bibb County6
- Colbert County6
- Sumter County6
- Choctaw County6
- Clarke County6
- Monroe County6
- Washington County6
- Chilton County5
- Coosa County5
- Cullman County5
- Fayette County5
- Franklin County5
- Greene County5
- Lawrence County5
- Morgan County5
- Perry County5
- Randolph County5
- Shelby County5
- Tuscaloosa County5
- Walker County5
- Winston County5
- Lauderdale County5
- Covington County5
- Blount County4
- Calhoun County4
- Chambers County4
- Clay County4
- Elmore County4
- Hale County4
- Jefferson County4
- Lamar County4
- Marion County4
27 more counties
- Marshall County4
- Pickens County4
- Talladega County4
- Limestone County4
- Butler County4
- Crenshaw County4
- Etowah County3
- St. Clair County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Jackson County3
- Madison County3
- Cleburne County3
- Lee County3
- Bullock County3
- Coffee County3
- Geneva County3
- Macon County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pike County3
- Russell County3
- Barbour County2
- Dale County2
- Henry County2
- Lowndes County2
- Cherokee County2
- DeKalb County2
- Houston 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.