Alert archive / Mesoscale Discussions
Mesoscale Discussions in the United States, 2010
2,165 mesoscale discussions in 2010. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 2,165
- Busiest month
- June408 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- April 24, 201027 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By month
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Missouri313
- Kansas303
- Texas296
- Nebraska290
- Iowa259
- Oklahoma232
- South Dakota205
- Illinois203
- Minnesota182
- Arkansas172
- Pennsylvania156
- Mississippi151
- North Dakota149
- Virginia147
- Tennessee142
- North Carolina141
- Indiana140
- Ohio134
- Georgia131
- Wisconsin125
- Kentucky125
- Colorado124
- Alabama121
- New York115
- West Virginia113
- Montana102
- Maryland100
- Louisiana99
- South Carolina97
- Florida96
- New Jersey82
- Michigan79
- Wyoming76
- New Mexico71
- Delaware58
- Massachusetts55
- Connecticut51
- New Hampshire43
- Vermont43
- Arizona36
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. Rebuilt daily.