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Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2013

130 mesoscale discussions in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
130
Busiest month
June38 mesoscale discussions
Busiest day
June 21, 20139 mesoscale discussions

Over time

By month

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
Jan 10, 7:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 17 more5 hr
Jan 11, 5:54 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more6 hr
Jan 27, 6:40 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFaribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Martin, Mower5 hr
Jan 27, 11:48 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more4 hr
Jan 28, 2:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Clay and 16 more6 hr
Feb 9, 11:53 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Freeborn, Mower5 hr
Feb 10, 6:46 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 46 more6 hr
Feb 10, 12:57 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 23 more5 hr
Mar 8, 11:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Benton, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Kanabec and 8 more4 hr
Mar 10, 7:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more5 hr
Apr 9, 4:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLincoln, Lyon, Pipestone5 hr
Apr 11, 2:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 45 more5 hr
Apr 14, 3:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn and 16 more4 hr
Apr 18, 7:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 10 more5 hr
Apr 22, 6:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Faribault and 10 more6 hr
May 1, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 5 more4 hr
May 2, 6:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMower, Olmsted, Wabasha4 hr
May 14, 6:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman and 3 more56 min
May 17, 4:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 6 more58 min
May 18, 6:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 8 more94 min
May 18, 8:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNobles, Rock117 min
May 18, 11:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Wilkin63 min
May 19, 2:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Norman, Wilkin88 min
May 19, 11:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 14 more90 min
May 19, 5:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 53 more56 min
May 19, 8:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 22 more54 min
May 19, 10:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston62 min
May 25, 10:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRock91 min
May 29, 2:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 3 more66 min
May 29, 5:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona66 min
May 30, 11:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Houston, Winona115 min
May 30, 1:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston, Winona57 min
May 30, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston, Winona116 min
May 31, 2:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Pine, Ramsey, Wabasha and 1 more2 hr
May 31, 8:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more90 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Stevens, Traverse and 1 more2 hr
Jun 11, 11:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson, Murray, Nobles, Rock2 hr
Jun 12, 4:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 11 more2 hr
Jun 12, 12:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore56 min
Jun 12, 4:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Freeborn, Mower54 min
Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Winona95 min
Jun 14, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 7 more113 min
Jun 15, 7:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon and 10 more2 hr
Jun 15, 10:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFaribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower66 min
Jun 18, 2:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin and 4 more119 min
Jun 19, 11:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Traverse, Wilkin88 min
Jun 20, 6:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Pope and 4 more2 hr
Jun 20, 5:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa and 25 more85 min
Jun 20, 8:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa and 32 more94 min
Jun 20, 9:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Clay, Traverse, Wilkin23 min
Jun 20, 11:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 34 more119 min
Jun 21, 3:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 18 more91 min
Jun 21, 5:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and 4 more37 min
Jun 21, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui Parle and 10 more56 min
Jun 21, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Yellow Medicine86 min
Jun 21, 4:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 28 more63 min
Jun 21, 6:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue and 16 more85 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson and 18 more66 min
Jun 21, 8:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock and 1 more94 min
Jun 21, 11:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 27 more60 min
Jun 22, 2:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona87 min
Jun 22, 4:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more2 hr
Jun 22, 8:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Jackson and 8 more63 min
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 3 more87 min
Jun 23, 3:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more115 min
Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more3 hr
Jun 25, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Grant, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more54 min
Jun 25, 9:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Grant, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more45 min
Jun 25, 11:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Clay and 29 more84 min
Jun 26, 3:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 41 more60 min
Jun 26, 1:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more118 min
Jun 26, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCTraverse88 min
Jul 6, 12:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWilkin3 hr
Jul 6, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more67 min
Jul 6, 7:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 6 more117 min
Jul 7, 5:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock115 min
Jul 9, 2:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Kittson and 17 more83 min
Jul 9, 7:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue and 13 more83 min
Jul 9, 9:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChisago56 min
Jul 9, 6:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLac qui Parle3 hr
Jul 12, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Grant and 11 more60 min
Jul 12, 6:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Clay and 23 more92 min
Jul 12, 9:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Clay and 16 more92 min
Jul 16, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPennington, Polk, Red Lake61 min
Jul 18, 2:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 13 more89 min
Jul 18, 6:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Marshall116 min
Jul 18, 8:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Lake, Mahnomen and 1 more115 min
Jul 18, 11:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 1 more54 min
Jul 22, 1:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 25 more97 min
Jul 22, 5:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Houston, Winona60 min
Jul 22, 7:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Houston, Winona63 min
Jul 24, 4:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 13 more114 min
Jul 25, 12:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 27 more3 hr
Jul 25, 4:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 26 more2 hr
Jul 25, 5:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Hennepin and 7 more2 hr
Jul 25, 6:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Jackson and 4 more93 min
Aug 6, 1:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 37 more88 min
Aug 6, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn and 14 more2 hr
Aug 6, 6:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 31 more113 min
Aug 6, 10:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha and 1 more2 hr
Aug 18, 7:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMarshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau87 min
Aug 20, 2:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 16 more2 hr
Aug 21, 12:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFaribault, Freeborn, Martin94 min
Aug 21, 2:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona85 min
Aug 24, 12:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Marshall97 min
Aug 24, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau93 min
Aug 24, 7:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson and 9 more94 min
Aug 25, 4:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Cass, Hubbard3 hr
Aug 25, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas and 9 more65 min
Aug 25, 7:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis119 min
Aug 26, 5:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 9 more94 min
Aug 26, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Crow Wing, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine and 2 more95 min
Aug 29, 2:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Wilkin2 hr
Aug 29, 9:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Cook and 10 more91 min
Aug 29, 4:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 13 more117 min
Aug 29, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Itasca and 3 more90 min
Aug 29, 11:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Itasca and 3 more93 min
Aug 31, 2:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 61 more2 hr
Aug 31, 7:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 38 more85 min
Sep 9, 2:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail and 5 more63 min
Sep 9, 5:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, Wilkin67 min
Sep 9, 7:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, Wadena53 min
Sep 18, 5:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Stevens and 2 more64 min
Sep 18, 8:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more2 hr
Sep 19, 7:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 20 more3 hr
Sep 19, 10:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 15 more97 min
Oct 2, 2:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 9 more61 min
Oct 4, 10:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFaribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Martin, Mower91 min
Oct 11, 2:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Clay, Grant, Norman, Polk, Traverse and 1 more86 min
Oct 11, 5:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail and 4 more87 min

By county

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

47 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 21, 20139mesoscale discussions
  2. May 19, 20135mesoscale discussions
  3. June 12, 20135mesoscale discussions
  4. June 22, 20135mesoscale discussions
  5. June 26, 20135mesoscale discussions
  6. July 9, 20134mesoscale discussions
  7. July 25, 20134mesoscale discussions
  8. February 10, 20133mesoscale discussions
  9. May 30, 20133mesoscale discussions
  10. June 20, 20133mesoscale discussions
  11. June 23, 20133mesoscale discussions
  12. August 6, 20133mesoscale discussions

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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.