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Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, August 2018
7 mesoscale discussions in August 2018. 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 August 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 7
- Busiest day
- August 20, 20184 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeSoto | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more | 119 min |
| Aug 20, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 33 more | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Tunica | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- DeSoto County4
- Tunica County4
- Holmes County3
- Humphreys County3
- Issaquena County3
- Leflore County3
- Sharkey County3
- Sunflower County3
- Washington County3
- Yazoo County3
- Coahoma County3
- Panola County3
- Quitman County3
- Tate County3
- Attala County2
- Bolivar County2
- Carroll County2
- Montgomery County2
- Warren County2
- Marshall County2
- Claiborne County1
- Copiah County1
- Hinds County1
- Jefferson County1
- Leake County1
- Madison County1
- Rankin County1
- Scott County1
- Simpson County1
- Smith County1
- Alcorn County1
- Benton County1
- Calhoun County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Choctaw County1
- Clay County1
- Grenada County1
- Itawamba County1
- Lafayette County1
- Lee 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.