Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2004
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, April 2004
19 mesoscale discussions in April 2004. 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 April 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 19
- Busiest day
- April 18, 200410 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston and 8 more | 114 min |
| Apr 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Nobles | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more | 119 min |
| Apr 17, 11:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Grant, Jackson, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 95 min |
| Apr 17, 11:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more | 85 min |
| Apr 18, 2:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Carlton and 40 more | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 4:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 15 more | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 8:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas and 6 more | 86 min |
| Apr 18, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Carver and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing and 12 more | 117 min |
| Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 15 more | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 6 more | 115 min |
| Apr 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur and 7 more | 92 min |
| Apr 18, 11:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 93 min |
| Apr 28, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas and 13 more | 85 min |
| Apr 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Crow Wing, Kanabec, Lake and 5 more | 89 min |
| Apr 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 61 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Aitkin County7
- Benton County7
- Carlton County7
- Crow Wing County7
- Kanabec County7
- Mille Lacs County7
- Morrison County7
- Pine County7
- Todd County7
- Faribault County6
- Freeborn County6
- Martin County6
- Pope County6
- Dodge County5
- Fillmore County5
- Mower County5
- Olmsted County5
- Steele County5
- Wabasha County5
- Waseca County5
- Grant County5
- Stevens County5
- Douglas County5
- Stearns County5
- Goodhue County4
- Houston County4
- Rice County4
- Winona County4
- Jackson County4
- Nobles County4
- Blue Earth County4
- Watonwan County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Lincoln County4
- Pipestone County4
- Traverse County4
- Chisago County4
- Isanti County4
- Sherburne County4
- Cass County4
32 more counties
- Wadena County4
- Big Stone County3
- Chippewa County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Lyon County3
- Murray County3
- Rock County3
- Swift County3
- Anoka County3
- Brown County3
- Carver County3
- Hennepin County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Meeker County3
- Nicollet County3
- Ramsey County3
- Wright County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Lake County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Dakota County2
- McLeod County2
- Scott County2
- Sibley County2
- Washington County2
- Cook County2
- Hubbard County2
- Itasca County2
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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.