Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2020
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, May 2020
8 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 27, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 57 min |
| May 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 54 min |
| May 4, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison | 89 min |
| May 18, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Clay, Lee, Randolph, Russell, Tallapoosa | 119 min |
| May 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 91 min |
| May 23, 5:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Cullman and 15 more | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 27 more | 89 min |
| May 27, 2:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 84 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Limestone County3
- Madison County3
- Clay County2
- Bibb County2
- Chilton County2
- Coosa County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Jefferson County2
- Marengo County2
- Perry County2
- Pickens County2
- Shelby County2
- Sumter County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Mobile County2
- Washington County2
- DeKalb County1
- Chambers County1
- Lee County1
- Randolph County1
- Russell County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Blount County1
- Cullman County1
- Fayette County1
- Lamar County1
- St. Clair County1
- Talladega County1
- Walker County1
- Winston County1
- Autauga County1
- Baldwin County1
- Butler County1
- Choctaw County1
- Clarke County1
- Coffee County1
- Conecuh 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.