Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2012

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, April 2012

5 mesoscale discussions in April 2012. 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 April 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
5
Busiest day
April 15, 20124 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
Apr 14, 7:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNobles, Pipestone, Rock84 min
Apr 15, 12:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 13 more65 min
Apr 15, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 18 more94 min
Apr 15, 5:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and 3 more96 min
Apr 21, 1:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 10 more2 hr

By county

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

14 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.