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Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, April 2018
14 mesoscale discussions in April 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 14
- Busiest day
- April 14, 20186 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, 6:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more | 114 min |
| Apr 3, 11:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw and 21 more | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 1:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 4 more | 105 min |
| Apr 14, 4:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion and 1 more | 115 min |
| Apr 14, 6:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sumter | 83 min |
| Apr 14, 9:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 18 more | 95 min |
| Apr 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 18 more | 94 min |
| Apr 14, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Lowndes, Mobile and 5 more | 94 min |
| Apr 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 2 more | 118 min |
| Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 10 more | 93 min |
| Apr 15, 1:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene and 11 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Autauga County6
- Chilton County6
- Clarke County6
- Dallas County6
- Lowndes County6
- Wilcox County6
- Baldwin County6
- Mobile County6
- Monroe County6
- Coosa County5
- Marengo County5
- Shelby County5
- Talladega County5
- Butler County5
- Conecuh County5
- Escambia County5
- Bibb County4
- Choctaw County4
- Hale County4
- Jefferson County4
- Perry County4
- Washington County4
- Greene County3
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Covington County3
- Colbert County2
- Franklin County2
- Lamar County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Marion County2
- Clay County2
- Cleburne County2
- Elmore County2
- Randolph County2
- St. Clair County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Fayette County2
- Pickens County2
- Sumter County2
- Crenshaw County2
20 more counties
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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.