Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2012
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, April 2012
15 mesoscale discussions in April 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 15
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20128 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 39 more | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 11:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale and 6 more | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Sumter, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee, Russell | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 7:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens and 2 more | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 10:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 15 more | 94 min |
| Apr 5, 12:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 4 more | 96 min |
| Apr 5, 1:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Coffee, Covington and 11 more | 93 min |
| Apr 5, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 3:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson and 7 more | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Geneva, Henry, Houston | 86 min |
| Apr 5, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 23 more | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 22 more | 96 min |
| Apr 16, 12:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 38 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne and 11 more | 116 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Autauga County7
- Bibb County6
- Clay County6
- Coosa County6
- Dallas County6
- Elmore County6
- Hale County6
- Lee County6
- Lowndes County6
- Perry County6
- Randolph County6
- Tallapoosa County6
- Calhoun County5
- Chambers County5
- Chilton County5
- Cleburne County5
- Macon County5
- Montgomery County5
- St. Clair County5
- Shelby County5
- Talladega County5
- Choctaw County5
- Russell County5
- Blount County4
- Cherokee County4
- Cullman County4
- DeKalb County4
- Etowah County4
- Jefferson County4
- Marion County4
- Marshall County4
- Morgan County4
- Pickens County4
- Tuscaloosa County4
- Marengo County4
- Crenshaw County4
- Bullock County4
- Colbert County3
- Fayette County3
- Franklin County3
26 more counties
- Greene County3
- Lamar County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Lawrence County3
- Limestone County3
- Madison County3
- Sumter County3
- Winston County3
- Washington County3
- Butler County3
- Wilcox County3
- Barbour County3
- Coffee County3
- Covington County3
- Geneva County3
- Henry County3
- Houston County3
- Pike County3
- Jackson County2
- Walker County2
- Clarke County2
- Conecuh County2
- Escambia County2
- Monroe County2
- Dale County2
- Mobile 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.