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Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, May 2024
12 mesoscale discussions in May 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 12
- Busiest day
- May 21, 20244 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, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 88 min |
| May 10, 6:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Dakota and 19 more | 58 min |
| May 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman and 4 more | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Marshall | 116 min |
| May 17, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 83 min |
| May 20, 5:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Jackson and 10 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 9:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Jackson and 6 more | 97 min |
| May 20, 11:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Martin, Mower and 3 more | 86 min |
| May 21, 12:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 5 more | 118 min |
| May 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 87 min |
| May 24, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Norman, Wilkin | 94 min |
| May 27, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Mower and 3 more | 95 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Olmsted County6
- Mower County6
- Dodge County5
- Fillmore County5
- Faribault County5
- Freeborn County5
- Steele County5
- Waseca County5
- Jackson County4
- Blue Earth County4
- Martin County4
- Marshall County3
- Norman County3
- Watonwan County3
- Nobles County2
- Goodhue County2
- Houston County2
- Rice County2
- Wabasha County2
- Winona County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clearwater County2
- Kittson County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Clay County2
- Wilkin County2
- Lincoln County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Aitkin County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Carlton County1
- Chisago County1
- Dakota 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.