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Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, April 2020

24 mesoscale discussions in April 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
24
Busiest day
April 12, 20206 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 12:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 32 more2 hr
Apr 8, 5:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 1 more94 min
Apr 8, 9:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more113 min
Apr 9, 1:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 14 more95 min
Apr 12, 1:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 33 more90 min
Apr 12, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFayette, Greene, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and 1 more97 min
Apr 12, 3:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Washington97 min
Apr 12, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw66 min
Apr 12, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, DeKalb and 13 more91 min
Apr 12, 5:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLamar, Marion91 min
Apr 12, 7:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw and 16 more84 min
Apr 12, 8:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and 2 more55 min
Apr 12, 10:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 32 more92 min
Apr 12, 11:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion86 min
Apr 19, 2:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa116 min
Apr 19, 3:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 12 more117 min
Apr 19, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 11 more83 min
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Crenshaw, Dale, Henry, Macon and 3 more65 min
Apr 19, 9:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile83 min
Apr 19, 9:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston67 min
Apr 23, 2:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more92 min
Apr 23, 7:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 9 more92 min
Apr 23, 9:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston61 min
Apr 23, 1:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 3 more113 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.