Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2008

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, May 2008

31 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
31
Busiest day
May 11, 20086 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Lauderdale85 min
May 2, 7:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 5 more96 min
May 2, 11:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 2 more86 min
May 3, 2:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 2 more59 min
May 3, 7:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile54 min
May 3, 9:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more86 min
May 8, 7:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion and 3 more87 min
May 8, 10:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 33 more83 min
May 8, 12:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Perry and 4 more92 min
May 8, 12:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson and 7 more83 min
May 8, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more2 hr
May 9, 6:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison57 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 19 more2 hr
May 10, 4:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson and 6 more115 min
May 10, 11:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa3 hr
May 10, 2:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Clay, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens and 6 more2 hr
May 10, 9:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 12 more84 min
May 10, 11:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 15 more118 min
May 11, 1:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 32 more84 min
May 11, 3:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 14 more95 min
May 11, 6:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Dale and 9 more96 min
May 11, 7:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Chambers, Dale, Henry, Houston, Lee and 1 more84 min
May 15, 7:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Marengo, Mobile and 4 more94 min
May 15, 8:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Marengo, Mobile and 4 more63 min
May 15, 12:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more92 min
May 16, 7:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston95 min
May 20, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 17 more60 min
May 20, 6:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne and 9 more86 min
May 21, 1:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston86 min
May 21, 4:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Houston55 min
May 26, 12:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Lauderdale65 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.