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Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, December 2016
13 mesoscale discussions in December 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 December 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 13
- Busiest day
- December 18, 20164 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 5:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Dec 5, 5:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Geneva, Houston | 2 hr |
| Dec 5, 7:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 114 min |
| Dec 5, 11:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Geneva, Houston | 115 min |
| Dec 13, 11:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Washington | 2 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more | 114 min |
| Dec 17, 8:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marion | 62 min |
| Dec 17, 11:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 87 min |
| Dec 18, 2:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:24 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Marshall and 1 more | 66 min |
| Dec 28, 3:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 114 min |
| Dec 28, 10:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lamar, Pickens | 2 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 19 more | 115 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Geneva County4
- Houston County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Baldwin County3
- Colbert County3
- Dale County2
- Henry County2
- Franklin County2
- Lawrence County2
- Limestone County2
- Marion County2
- Lamar County2
- Blount County2
- Etowah County2
- Walker County2
- Pickens County2
- Washington County1
- Coffee County1
- Covington County1
- Escambia County1
- Mobile County1
- Cullman County1
- DeKalb County1
- Jackson County1
- Marshall County1
- Autauga County1
- Bibb County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cherokee County1
- Chilton County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
- Coosa County1
- Fayette County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Jefferson County1
- Marengo County1
- Perry County1
- Randolph 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.