Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota
3,562 mesoscale discussions since 1986. 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 since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 3,562
- Busiest year
- 2005244 mesoscale discussions
- Average year
- 148over 24 years on file
Over time
By year
Mesoscale discussions are counted from 2003.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Steele County765
- Olmsted County756
- Dodge County752
- Freeborn County750
- Mower County750
- Blue Earth County739
- Fillmore County735
- Waseca County735
- Nobles County723
- Jackson County718
- Watonwan County718
- Faribault County712
- Martin County712
- Houston County701
- Rice County701
- Winona County701
- Brown County700
- Cottonwood County692
- Nicollet County692
- Rock County688
- Le Sueur County685
- Wabasha County680
- Goodhue County678
- Murray County677
- Scott County672
- Renville County664
- Sibley County664
- McLeod County659
- Pipestone County659
- Dakota County655
- Wilkin County651
- Redwood County646
- Carver County645
- Swift County645
- Meeker County640
- Lyon County633
- Hennepin County628
- Yellow Medicine County626
- Chippewa County625
- Kandiyohi County622
47 more counties
- Clay County621
- Lac qui Parle County621
- Stevens County619
- Wright County616
- Lincoln County615
- Traverse County614
- Big Stone County612
- Stearns County608
- Ramsey County605
- Otter Tail County603
- Pope County601
- Grant County593
- Becker County589
- Washington County586
- Benton County580
- Sherburne County580
- Norman County579
- Anoka County560
- Douglas County560
- Isanti County544
- Mille Lacs County539
- Todd County529
- Chisago County526
- Morrison County526
- Mahnomen County525
- Polk County523
- Wadena County521
- Kanabec County512
- Red Lake County495
- Hubbard County484
- Crow Wing County483
- Clearwater County482
- Pine County460
- Pennington County459
- Aitkin County450
- Cass County450
- Marshall County413
- Beltrami County411
- Carlton County398
- Itasca County389
- Kittson County337
- Roseau County306
- Saint Louis County301
- Koochiching County289
- Lake County237
- Lake of the Woods County226
- Cook County128
The latest mesoscale discussions
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chippewa, Crow Wing, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lyon, Morrison and 11 more | 114 min |
| Sep 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant and 13 more | 54 min |
| Sep 5, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 117 min |
| Sep 3, 11:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Douglas, Todd | 91 min |
| Sep 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Itasca | 97 min |
| Sep 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 12 more | 88 min |
| Sep 3, 11:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wabasha, Winona | 83 min |
| Sep 3, 2:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin and 4 more | 116 min |
| Sep 2, 2:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 97 min |
| Sep 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 15 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
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.