Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2003
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, August 2003
17 mesoscale discussions in August 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 17
- Busiest day
- August 25, 20034 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Brown, Cass, Chippewa and 30 more | 118 min |
| Aug 19, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Mower | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chisago, Goodhue, Houston, Pine, Wabasha, Washington and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mower | 90 min |
| Aug 20, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Itasca, Kanabec, Lake and 3 more | 113 min |
| Aug 24, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 15 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin and 8 more | 119 min |
| Aug 25, 11:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing and 13 more | 117 min |
| Aug 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods and 5 more | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Traverse, Wilkin and 1 more | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Marshall and 4 more | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 10:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis | 58 min |
| Aug 28, 5:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and 7 more | 118 min |
| Aug 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County5
- Mower County5
- Lincoln County4
- Lyon County4
- Murray County4
- Pipestone County4
- Rock County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Itasca County4
- Beltrami County3
- Clearwater County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Jackson County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Nobles County3
- Stearns County3
- Fillmore County3
- Chisago County3
- Pine County3
- Washington County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Big Stone County2
- Brown County2
- Chippewa County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Morrison County2
- Pope County2
- Redwood County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Todd County2
- Traverse County2
- Wadena County2
- Wilkin County2
- Wabasha County2
- Winona County2
- Aitkin County2
- Carlton County2
- Kanabec County2
- Lake County2
40 more counties
- Blue Earth County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Martin County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Kittson County2
- Koochiching County2
- Marshall County2
- Pennington County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Becker County1
- Cass County1
- Clay County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant County1
- Hubbard County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Meeker County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Renville County1
- Goodhue County1
- Dodge County1
- Olmsted County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Nicollet County1
- Sibley County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Ramsey County1
- Sherburne County1
- Wright County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Polk 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.