Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2011
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, August 2011
23 mesoscale discussions in August 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 23
- Busiest day
- August 1, 20117 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 1, 12:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Norman, Polk | 85 min |
| Aug 1, 2:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas and 11 more | 89 min |
| Aug 1, 7:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 89 min |
| Aug 1, 10:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 5 more | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 11:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 8 more | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 12 more | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Becker, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chippewa and 47 more | 67 min |
| Aug 1, 9:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton and 29 more | 95 min |
| Aug 2, 1:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing and 5 more | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 3:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing and 5 more | 88 min |
| Aug 2, 9:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chisago, Ramsey, Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 12:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 93 min |
| Aug 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Hennepin and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing and 12 more | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 9:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 11 more | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Clay and 26 more | 91 min |
| Aug 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa and 26 more | 96 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas and 18 more | 92 min |
| Aug 23, 12:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Nobles | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Hennepin and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 28 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pipestone, Rock | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pope County11
- Swift County11
- Douglas County10
- Benton County10
- Kandiyohi County10
- Stearns County10
- Todd County9
- Chippewa County9
- Clay County8
- Otter Tail County8
- Wilkin County8
- Anoka County8
- Grant County8
- Meeker County8
- Stevens County8
- Wright County8
- Mille Lacs County8
- Morrison County8
- Chisago County8
- Norman County7
- Becker County7
- Ramsey County7
- Sherburne County7
- Isanti County7
- Traverse County7
- Lac qui Parle County7
- Yellow Medicine County7
- Polk County6
- Crow Wing County6
- Wadena County6
- Carver County6
- Hennepin County6
- McLeod County6
- Washington County6
- Big Stone County6
- Cass County5
- Mahnomen County5
- Red Lake County5
- Dakota County5
- Le Sueur County5
46 more counties
- Renville County5
- Scott County5
- Sibley County5
- Kanabec County5
- Clearwater County4
- Hubbard County4
- Pennington County4
- Blue Earth County4
- Dodge County4
- Freeborn County4
- Goodhue County4
- Nicollet County4
- Olmsted County4
- Rice County4
- Steele County4
- Wabasha County4
- Waseca County4
- Houston County4
- Aitkin County4
- Carlton County4
- Pine County4
- Marshall County3
- Faribault County3
- Fillmore County3
- Mower County3
- Winona County3
- Lincoln County3
- Brown County2
- Watonwan County2
- Itasca County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Beltrami County2
- Roseau County2
- Martin County2
- Redwood County2
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Koochiching County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Kittson County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Nobles County1
- Lyon 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.