Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2015
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, August 2015
29 mesoscale discussions in August 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 29
- Busiest day
- August 2, 20155 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, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 11 more | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 8:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Douglas, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock, Yellow Medicine | 114 min |
| Aug 6, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 26 more | 114 min |
| Aug 7, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk and 2 more | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 1:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kanabec, Lake and 5 more | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 1:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 115 min |
| Aug 9, 4:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 117 min |
| Aug 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Murray and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 113 min |
| Aug 12, 5:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns and 2 more | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 9:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Pennington, Red Lake | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 2:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 94 min |
| Aug 15, 11:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 9 more | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 24 more | 119 min |
| Aug 22, 2:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 42 more | 62 min |
| Aug 22, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 18 more | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 16 more | 93 min |
| Aug 22, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 24 more | 83 min |
| Aug 22, 6:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 63 min |
| Aug 22, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Carlton, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 17 more | 84 min |
| Aug 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake, Saint Louis | 119 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pennington County8
- Polk County8
- Red Lake County8
- Hubbard County8
- Mahnomen County8
- Nobles County7
- Pipestone County7
- Rock County7
- Anoka County7
- Benton County7
- Chisago County7
- Isanti County7
- Kanabec County7
- Mille Lacs County7
- Morrison County7
- Wright County7
- Becker County7
- Wadena County7
- Norman County7
- Lincoln County6
- Lyon County6
- Marshall County6
- Saint Louis County6
- Hennepin County6
- Ramsey County6
- Sherburne County6
- Washington County6
- Clay County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Itasca County6
- Clearwater County6
- Cottonwood County5
- Murray County5
- Kittson County5
- Roseau County5
- Koochiching County5
- Carlton County5
- Dakota County5
- Pine County5
- Wabasha County5
47 more counties
- Wilkin County5
- Meeker County5
- Stearns County5
- Aitkin County5
- Crow Wing County5
- Beltrami County5
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Goodhue County4
- Brown County4
- Carver County4
- McLeod County4
- Nicollet County4
- Sibley County4
- Cass County4
- Todd County4
- Martin County4
- Olmsted County4
- Dodge County4
- Freeborn County4
- Rice County4
- Steele County4
- Waseca County4
- Chippewa County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Redwood County3
- Renville County3
- Swift County3
- Traverse County3
- Lake County3
- Jackson County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Fillmore County3
- Winona County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Faribault County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Scott County3
- Watonwan County3
- Big Stone County2
- Stevens County2
- Douglas County2
- Pope County2
- Houston County2
- Grant County2
- Mower County2
- Cook 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.