Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2016
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, September 2016
14 mesoscale discussions in September 2016. 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 September 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 14
- Busiest day
- September 21, 20166 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wilkin | 94 min |
| Sep 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wilkin | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 1:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottonwood, Murray, Nobles | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 89 min |
| Sep 7, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Norman and 5 more | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 8:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 21 more | 119 min |
| Sep 20, 11:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 11 more | 117 min |
| Sep 21, 2:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 15 more | 89 min |
| Sep 21, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 29 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Goodhue County7
- Dodge County6
- Fillmore County6
- Freeborn County6
- Houston County6
- Mower County6
- Olmsted County6
- Rice County6
- Steele County6
- Wabasha County6
- Waseca County6
- Winona County5
- Blue Earth County5
- Dakota County5
- Le Sueur County5
- Nicollet County5
- Scott County5
- Wilkin County4
- Cottonwood County4
- Murray County4
- McLeod County4
- Redwood County4
- Renville County4
- Faribault County4
- Sibley County4
- Lyon County3
- Meeker County3
- Brown County3
- Carver County3
- Martin County3
- Watonwan County3
- Nobles County2
- Chippewa County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Lincoln County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Becker County2
20 more counties
- Big Stone County2
- Clay County2
- Grant County2
- Norman County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Stevens County2
- Traverse County2
- Jackson County2
- Hennepin County2
- Ramsey County2
- Washington County2
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Douglas County1
- Wadena County1
- Anoka County1
- Chisago County1
- Isanti County1
- Sherburne County1
- Stearns County1
- Wright 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.