Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2009
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, August 2009
24 mesoscale discussions in August 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 24
- Busiest day
- August 8, 20097 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, 7:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Norman and 7 more | 115 min |
| Aug 2, 8:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota and 29 more | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 9:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kanabec, Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 24 more | 84 min |
| Aug 3, 6:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman and 4 more | 83 min |
| Aug 7, 8:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 15 more | 92 min |
| Aug 8, 1:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 12 more | 91 min |
| Aug 8, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 36 more | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wilkin | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 47 more | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 26 more | 84 min |
| Aug 8, 8:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ramsey, Washington | 83 min |
| Aug 14, 10:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more | 95 min |
| Aug 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Traverse and 1 more | 93 min |
| Aug 14, 8:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Mahnomen and 6 more | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 1:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 95 min |
| Aug 19, 4:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston, Winona | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 7:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 90 min |
| Aug 20, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 114 min |
| Aug 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more | 95 min |
| Aug 28, 5:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 62 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brown County8
- Le Sueur County8
- Nicollet County8
- Ramsey County8
- Rice County8
- Sibley County8
- Washington County8
- Cottonwood County7
- Jackson County7
- Blue Earth County7
- Carver County7
- Dakota County7
- Dodge County7
- Hennepin County7
- McLeod County7
- Scott County7
- Steele County7
- Waseca County7
- Watonwan County7
- Wabasha County7
- Winona County7
- Nobles County6
- Redwood County6
- Yellow Medicine County6
- Faribault County6
- Freeborn County6
- Kandiyohi County6
- Martin County6
- Meeker County6
- Renville County6
- Wright County6
- Fillmore County6
- Goodhue County6
- Houston County6
- Murray County5
- Norman County5
- Wilkin County5
- Chippewa County5
- Mower County5
- Olmsted County5
43 more counties
- Lyon County4
- Pipestone County4
- Rock County4
- Becker County4
- Clay County4
- Traverse County4
- Polk County4
- Red Lake County4
- Anoka County4
- Douglas County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Pope County3
- Lincoln County3
- Kanabec County3
- Benton County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Stearns County3
- Swift County3
- Marshall County3
- Pennington County3
- Chisago County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Big Stone County2
- Grant County2
- Stevens County2
- Todd County2
- Pine County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Morrison County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clearwater County2
- Kittson County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Roseau County2
- Isanti County2
- Sherburne County2
- Wadena County1
- Aitkin County1
- Carlton 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.