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Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, August 2026
20 mesoscale discussions in August 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 20
- Busiest day
- August 18, 20263 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 3, 5:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Koochiching and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Cass, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Otter Tail and 1 more | 116 min |
| Aug 3, 11:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crow Wing | 84 min |
| Aug 7, 5:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 16 more | 83 min |
| Aug 8, 10:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 118 min |
| Aug 9, 4:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing and 20 more | 90 min |
| Aug 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln | 89 min |
| Aug 18, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 3 more | 113 min |
| Aug 18, 2:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 118 min |
| Aug 20, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 37 more | 119 min |
| Aug 20, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Rock | 62 min |
| Aug 20, 7:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 17 more | 89 min |
| Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Traverse | 86 min |
| Aug 25, 1:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching and 3 more | 114 min |
| Aug 28, 10:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Pipestone, Traverse | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brown County5
- Meeker County5
- Murray County5
- Nobles County5
- Pipestone County5
- Rock County5
- Crow Wing County4
- Cottonwood County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Lincoln County4
- Renville County4
- Nicollet County4
- Sibley County4
- Wright County4
- Jackson County4
- Aitkin County4
- Kanabec County4
- Becker County3
- Hubbard County3
- Koochiching County3
- Redwood County3
- Swift County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Carver County3
- Dodge County3
- Faribault County3
- Freeborn County3
- Hennepin County3
- Le Sueur County3
- McLeod County3
- Martin County3
- Mower County3
- Rice County3
- Steele County3
- Watonwan County3
- Traverse County3
- Benton County3
- Isanti County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Morrison County3
45 more counties
- Sherburne County3
- Stearns County3
- Kittson County2
- Norman County2
- Clay County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Wilkin County2
- Cass County2
- Itasca County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Wadena County2
- Chippewa County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Lyon County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Dakota County2
- Scott County2
- Waseca County2
- Big Stone County2
- Fillmore County2
- Olmsted County2
- Pope County2
- Todd County2
- Anoka County2
- Chisago County2
- Carlton County2
- Pine County2
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Marshall County1
- Pennington County1
- Polk County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clearwater County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant County1
- Stevens County1
- Houston County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Ramsey County1
- Washington County1
- Lake County1
- Saint Louis County1
Nearby
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.