Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2011
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, May 2011
15 mesoscale discussions in May 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 15
- Busiest day
- May 26, 20116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 2 hr |
| May 2, 5:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 60 min |
| May 13, 11:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Etowah | 113 min |
| May 13, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 8 more | 57 min |
| May 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Lamar, Lauderdale and 6 more | 62 min |
| May 14, 12:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 14 more | 96 min |
| May 22, 12:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 2 more | 65 min |
| May 23, 4:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 96 min |
| May 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more | 90 min |
| May 25, 10:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion and 2 more | 2 hr |
| May 26, 7:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 22 more | 94 min |
| May 26, 10:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 3 more | 96 min |
| May 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 33 more | 83 min |
| May 26, 2:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 58 min |
| May 26, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 6 more | 84 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County6
- Fayette County5
- Franklin County5
- Lamar County5
- Marion County5
- Pickens County5
- Lauderdale County5
- Cherokee County5
- Limestone County5
- Etowah County4
- Colbert County4
- Cullman County4
- Morgan County4
- Winston County4
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Walker County3
- DeKalb County3
- Jackson County3
- Madison County3
- Marshall County3
- Calhoun County3
- Clay County3
- Cleburne County3
- St. Clair County3
- Talladega County3
- Greene County2
- Sumter County2
- Autauga County2
- Baldwin County2
- Butler County2
- Choctaw County2
- Clarke County2
- Coffee County2
- Conecuh County2
- Covington County2
- Dallas County2
- Escambia County2
- Lowndes County2
- Marengo County2
- Monroe County2
26 more counties
- Montgomery County2
- Perry County2
- Washington County2
- Wilcox County2
- Bibb County2
- Blount County2
- Chilton County2
- Coosa County2
- Jefferson County2
- Shelby County2
- Randolph County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Crenshaw County1
- Mobile County1
- Pike County1
- Dale County1
- Geneva County1
- Henry County1
- Houston County1
- Bullock County1
- Elmore County1
- Hale County1
- Macon County1
- Chambers County1
- Lee County1
- Russell 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.