Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2016
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, May 2016
6 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20162 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 3, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Henry, Houston | 83 min |
| May 3, 5:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 96 min |
| May 12, 9:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 95 min |
| May 17, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 87 min |
| May 20, 1:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 4 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 2:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Lamar and 10 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County2
- Baldwin County2
- Mobile County2
- Henry County1
- Colbert County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Butler County1
- Clarke County1
- Conecuh County1
- Covington County1
- Escambia County1
- Geneva County1
- Monroe County1
- Washington County1
- Blount County1
- Cullman County1
- Fayette County1
- Franklin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lamar County1
- Lawrence County1
- Limestone County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Morgan County1
- Pickens County1
- Tuscaloosa County1
- Walker County1
- Winston 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.