Alert archive / Minnesota / Mesoscale Discussions / 2026
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, February 2026
3 mesoscale discussions in February 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 February 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 3
- Busiest day
- February 18, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 10:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Cook, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Lake | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood and 3 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County2
- Lake County2
- Beltrami County1
- Itasca County1
- Kittson County1
- Koochiching County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Marshall County1
- Pennington County1
- Roseau County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Brown County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Watonwan County1
- Yellow Medicine 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.