Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2013
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, May 2013
5 mesoscale discussions in May 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 5
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20132 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 10, 7:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 86 min |
| May 17, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw and 29 more | 96 min |
| May 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Greene, Hale and 7 more | 60 min |
| May 19, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 92 min |
| May 21, 9:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Marion | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Autauga County2
- Bibb County2
- Chilton County2
- Dallas County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Marengo County2
- Marion County2
- Marshall County2
- Perry County2
- Pickens County2
- Shelby County2
- Sumter County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Wilcox County2
- Mobile County1
- Washington County1
- Blount County1
- Calhoun County1
- Choctaw County1
- Clarke County1
- Clay County1
- Coosa County1
- Cullman County1
- Elmore County1
- Etowah County1
- Fayette County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lamar County1
- Lowndes County1
- Montgomery County1
- Morgan County1
- St. Clair County1
- Talladega County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Walker County1
- Winston County1
- DeKalb County1
- Jackson County1
- Madison County1
2 more counties
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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.