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Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, May 2012

39 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
39
Busiest day
May 3, 20125 mesoscale discussions

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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 1, 2:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 24 more60 min
May 1, 6:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more94 min
May 1, 6:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau2 hr
May 1, 10:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 9 more87 min
May 2, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn and 16 more86 min
May 2, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Clay, Grant, Traverse, Wilkin55 min
May 2, 7:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 16 more37 min
May 2, 9:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more27 min
May 2, 11:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Big Stone, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Hennepin and 17 more24 min
May 3, 8:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Rice, Steele and 2 more92 min
May 4, 1:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Rock25 min
May 4, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 9 more53 min
May 4, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more29 min
May 5, 9:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin and 10 more55 min
May 5, 2:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 20 more62 min
May 5, 9:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 29 more84 min
May 5, 11:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Hennepin, Jackson and 16 more89 min
May 6, 2:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Mower and 3 more63 min
May 18, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Faribault and 17 more66 min
May 19, 1:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 40 more86 min
May 19, 10:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin and 1 more57 min
May 22, 8:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Polk and 3 more64 min
May 23, 2:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Crow Wing and 14 more86 min
May 23, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 20 more93 min
May 24, 6:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona57 min
May 24, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more116 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston2 hr
May 26, 12:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFaribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower89 min
May 26, 5:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood and 4 more92 min
May 26, 7:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine2 hr
May 26, 11:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Benton, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 12 more93 min
May 27, 2:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Rock62 min
May 27, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 19 more56 min
May 27, 6:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles and 3 more2 hr
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more88 min
May 27, 9:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Jackson, Martin, Nicollet, Watonwan84 min
May 27, 10:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 45 more94 min
May 28, 1:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 17 more57 min
May 28, 3:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more92 min

By county

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

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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.