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Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, May 2026
16 mesoscale discussions in May 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 16
- Busiest day
- May 7, 20264 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Gulf, Taylor, Wakulla | 117 min |
| May 2, 8:12 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 9 more | 93 min |
| May 2, 1:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake and 10 more | 93 min |
| May 7, 2:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton | 97 min |
| May 7, 5:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Holmes, Jackson | 115 min |
| May 7, 8:04 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon and 4 more | 86 min |
| May 7, 10:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Walton | 66 min |
| May 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Flagler, Putnam | 113 min |
| May 9, 1:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 18 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 1:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Clay, Duval and 16 more | 96 min |
| May 11, 1:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Clay, Flagler, Indian River, Lake, Martin and 9 more | 2 hr |
| May 12, 12:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier and 29 more | 2 hr |
| May 17, 2:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay and 28 more | 2 hr |
| May 25, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 25, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 115 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Putnam County6
- Holmes County6
- Jackson County6
- Alachua County5
- Clay County5
- Marion County5
- Flagler County5
- Lake County5
- Taylor County4
- Baker County4
- Bradford County4
- Citrus County4
- Union County4
- Brevard County4
- Orange County4
- Osceola County4
- Polk County4
- Seminole County4
- Sumter County4
- Volusia County4
- Okaloosa County4
- Walton County4
- Washington County4
- Saint Johns County4
- Columbia County3
- Dixie County3
- Gilchrist County3
- Lafayette County3
- Levy County3
- Suwannee County3
- Hernando County3
- Hillsborough County3
- Manatee County3
- Pasco County3
- Pinellas County3
- Escambia County3
- Calhoun County3
- Gadsden County3
- Leon County3
- Indian River County3
25 more counties
- Martin County3
- Okeechobee County3
- Saint Lucie County3
- Franklin County2
- Gulf County2
- Wakulla County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- Bay County2
- Duval County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Madison County2
- Palm Beach County2
- Charlotte County2
- Collier County2
- DeSoto County2
- Glades County2
- Hardee County2
- Hendry County2
- Highlands County2
- Lee County2
- Sarasota County2
- Liberty County1
- Nassau County1
- Broward 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.