Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2017
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, April 2017
27 mesoscale discussions in April 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 27
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20179 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 6 more | 114 min |
| Apr 3, 3:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Elmore, Lee and 6 more | 90 min |
| Apr 3, 9:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee and 1 more | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 11:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 38 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more | 90 min |
| Apr 5, 9:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Dale, Henry, Houston, Lee and 2 more | 93 min |
| Apr 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo, Mobile and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 19 more | 84 min |
| Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 20 more | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 1:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 7 more | 114 min |
| Apr 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette and 18 more | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 6:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 11:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Henry, Houston | 118 min |
| Apr 27, 1:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas and 11 more | 114 min |
| Apr 27, 9:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Pike and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Russell | 90 min |
| Apr 27, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Henry, Lee, Russell | 97 min |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Crenshaw, Pike, Russell | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 10:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman and 16 more | 84 min |
| Apr 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison and 1 more | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 8 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Russell County11
- Barbour County10
- Jefferson County9
- Coosa County9
- Lee County9
- Cleburne County8
- Shelby County8
- Autauga County8
- Chilton County8
- Bibb County7
- Cherokee County7
- Clay County7
- Talladega County7
- Elmore County7
- Greene County7
- Hale County7
- Marengo County7
- Monroe County7
- Dale County7
- Henry County7
- Houston County7
- Bullock County7
- Chambers County7
- Macon County7
- Tallapoosa County7
- Tuscaloosa County7
- DeKalb County7
- Jackson County7
- Madison County7
- Blount County6
- Calhoun County6
- Etowah County6
- Randolph County6
- St. Clair County6
- Clarke County6
- Conecuh County6
- Crenshaw County6
- Dallas County6
- Lowndes County6
- Perry County6
27 more counties
- Washington County6
- Marshall County6
- Butler County5
- Montgomery County5
- Sumter County5
- Wilcox County5
- Coffee County5
- Covington County5
- Geneva County5
- Pike County5
- Limestone County5
- Baldwin County4
- Mobile County4
- Escambia County4
- Cullman County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Lawrence County4
- Morgan County4
- Walker County4
- Winston County4
- Colbert County4
- Choctaw County3
- Fayette County3
- Franklin County3
- Lamar County3
- Marion County3
- Pickens County3
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Sources
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