Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2012
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, August 2012
25 mesoscale discussions in August 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 August 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 25
- Busiest day
- August 29, 20125 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 1, 2:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 5 more | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 7:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 12:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Henry, Lee, Russell | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 11:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale and 8 more | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and 12 more | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 12:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Washington | 93 min |
| Aug 9, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 11 more | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 2:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb and 22 more | 95 min |
| Aug 13, 12:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 22 more | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleburne | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 7:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Washington | 83 min |
| Aug 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 89 min |
| Aug 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 87 min |
| Aug 29, 1:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 89 min |
| Aug 29, 11:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 117 min |
| Aug 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 6 more | 90 min |
| Aug 29, 8:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 84 min |
| Aug 29, 11:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 84 min |
| Aug 30, 3:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 7 more | 117 min |
| Aug 30, 6:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 13 more | 117 min |
| Aug 30, 12:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas and 8 more | 93 min |
| Aug 30, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Sumter, Washington | 90 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County15
- Baldwin County13
- Mobile County13
- Sumter County7
- Escambia County7
- Monroe County6
- Choctaw County5
- Dallas County5
- Marengo County5
- Wilcox County5
- Clarke County5
- Conecuh County5
- Covington County5
- Limestone County4
- Pickens County4
- Walker County4
- DeKalb County4
- Bibb County4
- Hale County4
- Tuscaloosa County4
- Coffee County4
- Butler County4
- Fayette County3
- Lamar County3
- Lawrence County3
- Winston County3
- Jackson County3
- Madison County3
- Bullock County3
- Greene County3
- Perry County3
- Coosa County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lowndes County3
- Shelby County3
- Calhoun County3
- Cherokee County3
- Etowah County3
- St. Clair County3
- Talladega County3
27 more counties
- Geneva County3
- Crenshaw County3
- Franklin County2
- Marion County2
- Barbour County2
- Henry County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Autauga County2
- Chilton County2
- Elmore County2
- Montgomery County2
- Cleburne County2
- Blount County2
- Cullman County2
- Marshall County2
- Morgan County2
- Pike County2
- Colbert County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Chambers County1
- Clay County1
- Macon County1
- Randolph County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Dale County1
- 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.