Alert archive / Mesoscale Discussions
Mesoscale Discussions in the United States, 2019
2,238 mesoscale discussions in 2019. 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
- 2,238
- Busiest month
- May427 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- May 28, 201928 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.
- Texas411
- Kansas314
- Oklahoma283
- Nebraska265
- Missouri264
- South Dakota184
- Illinois180
- Iowa161
- Mississippi159
- Arkansas148
- Minnesota148
- Pennsylvania142
- Colorado140
- Alabama134
- Virginia131
- Louisiana130
- Indiana125
- New York122
- Wyoming121
- Wisconsin121
- North Dakota116
- Ohio102
- North Carolina101
- Georgia101
- Maryland100
- West Virginia97
- Tennessee92
- Kentucky92
- Florida90
- Montana90
- Michigan87
- New Mexico81
- New Jersey76
- South Carolina69
- Vermont49
- Connecticut47
- New Hampshire46
- Massachusetts46
- Delaware45
- Maine34
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.