Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2020
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, August 2020
9 mesoscale discussions in August 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 9
- Busiest day
- August 24, 20202 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 3, 11:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Cleburne | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, DeKalb and 8 more | 118 min |
| Aug 24, 10:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile | 84 min |
| Aug 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 5 more | 85 min |
| Aug 28, 10:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 96 min |
| Aug 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Jackson, Lamar and 7 more | 116 min |
| Aug 30, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 27 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County4
- Cleburne County3
- Blount County3
- Cullman County3
- DeKalb County3
- Jackson County3
- Lawrence County3
- Limestone County3
- Madison County3
- Marshall County3
- Morgan County3
- Calhoun County2
- Etowah County2
- St. Clair County2
- Baldwin County2
- Geneva County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Fayette County2
- Lamar County2
- Walker County2
- Winston County2
- Mobile County1
- Barbour County1
- Coffee County1
- Conecuh County1
- Covington County1
- Crenshaw County1
- Dale County1
- Escambia County1
- Pike County1
- Bibb County1
- Chilton County1
- Clay County1
- Colbert County1
- Coosa County1
- Franklin County1
- Greene County1
- Hale 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.