Alert archive / Alabama / Mesoscale Discussions / 2021
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, January 2021
4 mesoscale discussions in January 2021. 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 January 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 4
- Busiest day
- January 26, 20213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 4:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 86 min |
| Jan 25, 9:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 16 more | 116 min |
| Jan 25, 11:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 6 more | 92 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hale County3
- Sumter County3
- Colbert County2
- Franklin County2
- Lamar County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Lawrence County2
- Limestone County2
- Marion County2
- Blount County2
- Greene County2
- Jefferson County2
- Pickens County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Walker County2
- Bibb County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clay County2
- Cleburne County2
- Shelby County2
- Talladega County2
- Cullman County1
- Fayette County1
- Jackson County1
- Madison County1
- Marshall County1
- Morgan County1
- Winston County1
- Cherokee County1
- St. Clair County1
- Chilton County1
- Coosa County1
- Perry County1
- Randolph 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.