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Mesoscale Discussions in California, 2006
24 mesoscale discussions in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 24
- Busiest month
- January4 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- January 2, 20062 mesoscale discussions
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The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:01 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mono | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:07 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Tuolumne | 5 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:13 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Siskiyou | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:45 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Siskiyou, Trinity | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:58 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Merced, Napa and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:21 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | San Diego | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:28 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Madera, Merced, Sacramento and 7 more | 92 min |
| Mar 28, 10:40 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Mariposa, Merced and 8 more | 95 min |
| Apr 4, 9:42 AM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:34 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Tulare and 1 more | 56 min |
| Apr 21, 1:57 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:37 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Inyo, Mono, Riverside | 113 min |
| Jun 28, 3:22 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alpine, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:29 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:12 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Imperial | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:04 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Inyo, Kern, Mono, San Bernardino | 116 min |
| Jul 27, 11:52 AM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Riverside, San Bernardino | 113 min |
| Aug 7, 3:53 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:38 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Imperial | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:14 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | San Diego | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:45 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Imperial, Riverside | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:29 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:27 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alpine, Plumas, Sierra | 6 hr |
| Dec 26, 10:41 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alpine, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Tuolumne | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Merced County5
- Stanislaus County5
- Mono County4
- Sacramento County4
- San Joaquin County4
- Solano County4
- Madera County4
- Riverside County4
- Imperial County4
- San Bernardino County4
- Tuolumne County3
- Siskiyou County3
- Butte County3
- Colusa County3
- Contra Costa County3
- Glenn County3
- Sutter County3
- Yolo County3
- Yuba County3
- Tehama County3
- Mariposa County3
- Fresno County3
- Inyo County3
- Alpine County3
- Plumas County3
- Sierra County3
- Trinity County2
- Napa County2
- San Diego County2
- Amador County2
- Calaveras County2
- Monterey County2
- San Benito County2
- Modoc County2
- Alameda County1
- Santa Clara County1
- Santa Cruz County1
- Kings County1
- Tulare County1
- Lassen County1
3 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.