Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2016
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, April 2016
16 mesoscale discussions in April 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 16
- Busiest day
- April 1, 20166 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, 7:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb and 6 more | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 14 more | 64 min |
| Apr 1, 2:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes and 5 more | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 4:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Crenshaw, Dale, Henry and 2 more | 89 min |
| Apr 1, 10:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Henry, Houston | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Pike, Russell | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 6:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Lauderdale and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Cullman, Etowah and 16 more | 91 min |
| Apr 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Limestone, Madison | 54 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Russell County6
- Calhoun County5
- Etowah County5
- Cherokee County4
- Cleburne County4
- Jackson County4
- Lee County4
- Tallapoosa County4
- Bullock County4
- Chilton County4
- Barbour County4
- Pike County4
- Chambers County3
- Clay County3
- DeKalb County3
- Marshall County3
- Randolph County3
- Autauga County3
- Coosa County3
- Dallas County3
- Elmore County3
- Lowndes County3
- Macon County3
- Montgomery County3
- Henry County3
- Bibb County3
- Cullman County3
- Fayette County3
- Greene County3
- Hale County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lamar County3
- Lawrence County3
- Limestone County3
- Marion County3
- Morgan County3
- Pickens County3
- St. Clair County3
- Shelby County3
- Talladega County3
24 more counties
- Walker County3
- Winston County3
- Baldwin County3
- Mobile County3
- Coffee County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Dale County2
- Houston County2
- Blount County2
- Colbert County2
- Franklin County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Madison County2
- Perry County2
- Sumter County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Choctaw County2
- Washington County2
- Wilcox County1
- Geneva County1
- Clarke County1
- Marengo County1
- Monroe County1
- Escambia 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.