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Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, May 2023
6 mesoscale discussions in May 2023. 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 8, 20232 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Goodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 88 min |
| May 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 13, 12:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Nobles | 119 min |
| May 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Winona | 117 min |
| May 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard and 14 more | 2 hr |
| May 31, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 7 more | 94 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fillmore County2
- Olmsted County2
- Winona County2
- Jackson County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Pope County2
- Goodhue County1
- Wabasha County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Martin County1
- Murray County1
- Rock County1
- Houston County1
- Aitkin County1
- Benton County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Douglas County1
- Hubbard County1
- Isanti County1
- Itasca County1
- Kanabec County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Koochiching County1
- Meeker County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Sherburne County1
- Stearns County1
- Todd County1
- Wadena County1
- Wright County1
- Big Stone County1
- Chippewa County1
- Grant County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Stevens 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.