Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2008
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, August 2008
12 mesoscale discussions in August 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 12
- Busiest day
- August 3, 20082 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 10 more | 92 min |
| Aug 3, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 42 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dakota, Goodhue, Wabasha, Washington | 89 min |
| Aug 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Traverse, Wilkin | 90 min |
| Aug 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing and 12 more | 117 min |
| Aug 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake, Pine | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 2:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 37 more | 96 min |
| Aug 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 44 more | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 10:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Brown, Carlton and 37 more | 96 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brown County6
- Nicollet County6
- Rice County6
- Sibley County6
- Anoka County6
- Hennepin County6
- Meeker County6
- Sherburne County6
- Wright County6
- Blue Earth County5
- Dodge County5
- Faribault County5
- Freeborn County5
- Le Sueur County5
- Martin County5
- Steele County5
- Waseca County5
- Benton County5
- Carver County5
- Dakota County5
- Goodhue County5
- Isanti County5
- McLeod County5
- Renville County5
- Stearns County5
- Washington County5
- Fillmore County4
- Mower County4
- Olmsted County4
- Watonwan County4
- Cottonwood County4
- Jackson County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Murray County4
- Nobles County4
- Pipestone County4
- Ramsey County4
- Redwood County4
- Scott County4
- Wabasha County4
36 more counties
- Mille Lacs County4
- Morrison County4
- Pine County4
- Chippewa County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Rock County3
- Winona County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Aitkin County3
- Carlton County3
- Cass County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Itasca County3
- Kanabec County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Douglas County3
- Pope County3
- Todd County3
- Chisago County2
- Houston County2
- Big Stone County2
- Lake County2
- Hubbard County2
- Koochiching County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Wadena County2
- Clay County1
- Traverse County1
- Wilkin County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clearwater County1
- Cook 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.