Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2017
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, August 2017
8 mesoscale discussions in August 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 August 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 8
- Busiest day
- August 30, 20175 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 90 min |
| Aug 30, 6:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Russell | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 114 min |
| Aug 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Sumter, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 10:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marion and 5 more | 119 min |
| Aug 31, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Lamar, Marion and 3 more | 115 min |
| Aug 31, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Chilton, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 16 more | 88 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sumter County4
- Baldwin County3
- Mobile County3
- Washington County3
- Fayette County3
- Greene County3
- Lamar County3
- Marion County3
- Pickens County3
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Choctaw County2
- Hale County2
- Colbert County2
- Franklin County2
- Barbour County1
- Dale County1
- Geneva County1
- Henry County1
- Houston County1
- Russell County1
- Clarke County1
- Bibb County1
- Chilton County1
- Cullman County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Lawrence County1
- Marengo County1
- Perry County1
- Shelby County1
- Talladega 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.