Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2018
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, December 2018
4 mesoscale discussions in December 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 December 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 4
- Busiest day
- December 31, 20182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 11:33 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Freeborn | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Crow Wing, Douglas and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 7:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Big Stone County2
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Aitkin County1
- Cass County1
- Chippewa County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Lake County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Morrison County1
- Murray County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Pipestone County1
- Pope County1
- Rock County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Todd County1
- Traverse County1
- Wadena County1
- Wilkin County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Houston 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.