Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2004
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, August 2004
34 mesoscale discussions in August 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 August 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 34
- Busiest day
- August 2, 20046 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 | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 15 more | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 11:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 14 more | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 5:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Mower, Nobles | 94 min |
| Aug 1, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi and 20 more | 117 min |
| Aug 1, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Swift | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 12:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 12 more | 97 min |
| Aug 2, 3:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Murray, Nobles, Rock | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 5:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 14 more | 88 min |
| Aug 2, 6:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 14 more | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 118 min |
| Aug 3, 7:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pipestone, Rock | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 10:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Jackson and 9 more | 87 min |
| Aug 3, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Mower, Nobles | 89 min |
| Aug 3, 5:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 19 more | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 12:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 83 min |
| Aug 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 11 more | 88 min |
| Aug 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 31 more | 117 min |
| Aug 8, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Pine | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and 6 more | 119 min |
| Aug 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 34 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 12:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Mower and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 3 more | 119 min |
| Aug 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Winona | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 118 min |
| Aug 26, 4:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 97 min |
| Aug 26, 4:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Grant, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Traverse | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 90 min |
| Aug 29, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas and 25 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Nobles County14
- Jackson County13
- Rock County13
- Freeborn County12
- Martin County12
- Mower County12
- Murray County12
- Pipestone County11
- Faribault County10
- Fillmore County9
- Blue Earth County8
- Olmsted County8
- Watonwan County8
- Lincoln County8
- Cottonwood County7
- Dodge County7
- Le Sueur County7
- Nicollet County7
- Steele County7
- Waseca County7
- Houston County7
- Lyon County7
- Swift County7
- Yellow Medicine County7
- Brown County6
- Rice County6
- Scott County6
- Wabasha County6
- Winona County6
- Big Stone County6
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Pope County6
- Redwood County6
- Sibley County6
- Stevens County6
- Becker County6
- Clay County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Wilkin County6
- Kandiyohi County5
45 more counties
- Meeker County5
- Renville County5
- Stearns County5
- Morrison County5
- Wadena County5
- Anoka County5
- Douglas County5
- Grant County5
- Wright County5
- Goodhue County4
- Chippewa County4
- McLeod County4
- Kittson County4
- Mahnomen County4
- Marshall County4
- Norman County4
- Pennington County4
- Polk County4
- Red Lake County4
- Benton County4
- Isanti County4
- Sherburne County4
- Todd County4
- Traverse County4
- Dakota County3
- Ramsey County3
- Washington County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Pine County3
- Clearwater County3
- Roseau County3
- Carver County3
- Hennepin County3
- Kanabec County2
- Beltrami County2
- Cass County2
- Hubbard County2
- Chisago County2
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Carlton County1
- Cook County1
- Itasca County1
- Koochiching County1
- Lake County1
- Saint Louis 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.