Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2011

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, May 2011

16 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
16
Busiest day
May 30, 20114 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 1:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWilkin94 min
May 10, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Becker, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago and 33 more95 min
May 10, 8:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Becker, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago and 33 more90 min
May 11, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston2 hr
May 21, 12:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson, Nobles, Rock114 min
May 21, 4:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 42 more95 min
May 22, 4:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Houston, Wabasha, Winona2 hr
May 22, 10:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston2 hr
May 22, 2:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChisago, Fillmore, Houston, Wabasha, Winona2 hr
May 28, 1:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton and 38 more94 min
May 28, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Carlton, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 9 more53 min
May 30, 2:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 30 more113 min
May 30, 6:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti and 9 more114 min
May 30, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Pipestone, Traverse95 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 22 more118 min
May 30, 10:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Beltrami, Benton, Brown, Cass, Chippewa and 34 more2 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

45 more counties

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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.