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Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, May 2023
7 mesoscale discussions in May 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 7
- Busiest day
- May 11, 20231 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 11, 3:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Sumter | 88 min |
| May 15, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chilton and 22 more | 2 hr |
| May 17, 2:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 11 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 34 more | 2 hr |
| May 22, 10:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 5 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County4
- Choctaw County3
- Sumter County3
- DeKalb County3
- Marshall County3
- Morgan County3
- Blount County3
- St. Clair County3
- Colbert County2
- Jackson County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Lawrence County2
- Limestone County2
- Madison County2
- Autauga County2
- Bibb County2
- Calhoun County2
- Chilton County2
- Clay County2
- Coosa County2
- Dallas County2
- Elmore County2
- Fayette County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lowndes County2
- Marengo County2
- Montgomery County2
- Perry County2
- Pickens County2
- Shelby County2
- Talladega County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Walker County2
- Wilcox County2
- Clarke County2
- Conecuh County2
- Escambia County2
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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.