Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2018
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, August 2018
21 mesoscale discussions in August 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 21
- Busiest day
- August 26, 20187 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, 6:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 3 more | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 4:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 10 more | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Hennepin, Isanti and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Jackson, Martin | 89 min |
| Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carlton, Cook, Lake | 118 min |
| Aug 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn and 10 more | 113 min |
| Aug 25, 10:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Douglas, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 97 min |
| Aug 26, 2:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Benton, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Kanabec and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Nobles | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 6 more | 109 min |
| Aug 26, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Traverse | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hubbard, Itasca, Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 27 more | 116 min |
| Aug 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 32 more | 96 min |
| Aug 28, 3:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Nobles, Rock and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 115 min |
| Aug 31, 2:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca and 10 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Becker County6
- Clay County6
- Wilkin County6
- Wadena County5
- McLeod County5
- Jackson County5
- Martin County5
- Otter Tail County5
- Hubbard County5
- Crow Wing County4
- Isanti County4
- Meeker County4
- Renville County4
- Traverse County4
- Carver County4
- Scott County4
- Faribault County4
- Blue Earth County4
- Watonwan County4
- Mahnomen County4
- Norman County4
- Grant County4
- Houston County3
- Benton County3
- Morrison County3
- Todd County3
- Big Stone County3
- Chippewa County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Redwood County3
- Stevens County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Anoka County3
- Hennepin County3
- Sherburne County3
- Wright County3
- Brown County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Nicollet County3
47 more counties
- Sibley County3
- Waseca County3
- Douglas County3
- Nobles County3
- Cass County3
- Beltrami County3
- Clearwater County3
- Marshall County3
- Pennington County3
- Polk County3
- Red Lake County3
- Itasca County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Chisago County2
- Kanabec County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Pipestone County2
- Pope County2
- Swift County2
- Stearns County2
- Carlton County2
- Dodge County2
- Freeborn County2
- Rice County2
- Steele County2
- Koochiching County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Roseau County2
- Ramsey County2
- Rock County2
- Fillmore County2
- Mower County2
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Aitkin County1
- Kittson County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Murray County1
- Dakota County1
- Goodhue County1
- Olmsted County1
- Pine County1
- Wabasha County1
- Washington County1
- Winona 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.