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Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, August 2018
9 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
- 9
- Busiest day
- August 27, 20182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Marquette and 2 more | 93 min |
| Aug 6, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Branch, Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon | 118 min |
| Aug 26, 10:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Bay, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot and 13 more | 88 min |
| Aug 27, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and 12 more | 116 min |
| Aug 28, 4:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benzie, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Missaukee and 7 more | 96 min |
| Aug 28, 8:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry, Bay and 34 more | 55 min |
| Aug 28, 10:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Saint Joseph, Van Buren | 66 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baraga County3
- Gogebic County3
- Iron County3
- Ontonagon County3
- Eaton County3
- Ingham County3
- Mecosta County3
- Montcalm County3
- Newaygo County3
- Missaukee County3
- Delta County2
- Dickinson County2
- Marquette County2
- Menominee County2
- Kalamazoo County2
- Livingston County2
- Macomb County2
- Oakland County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Houghton County2
- Keweenaw County2
- Barry County2
- Bay County2
- Clinton County2
- Genesee County2
- Gratiot County2
- Ionia County2
- Isabella County2
- Kent County2
- Lapeer County2
- Midland County2
- Ottawa County2
- Saginaw County2
- Shiawassee County2
- Tuscola County2
- Antrim County2
- Benzie County2
- Crawford County2
- Kalkaska County2
- Lake County2
41 more counties
- Manistee County2
- Mason County2
- Montmorency County2
- Oscoda County2
- Otsego County2
- Roscommon County2
- Wexford County2
- Osceola County2
- Branch County1
- Calhoun County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Jackson County1
- Lenawee County1
- Monroe County1
- Washtenaw County1
- Wayne County1
- Alger County1
- Luce County1
- Mackinac County1
- Schoolcraft County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Emmet County1
- Grand Traverse County1
- Leelanau County1
- Muskegon County1
- Oceana County1
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Arenac County1
- Clare County1
- Gladwin County1
- Huron County1
- Iosco County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Sanilac County1
- Allegan County1
- Berrien County1
- Cass County1
- Van Buren 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.