Alert archive / Mesoscale Discussions

Mesoscale Discussions in the United States, 2023

2,348 mesoscale discussions in 2023. 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.

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Mesoscale Discussions
2,348
Busiest month
June450 mesoscale discussions
Busiest day
June 15, 202332 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.

8 more states

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.