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Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, September 2026
14 mesoscale discussions in September 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 September 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 14
- Busiest day
- September 3, 20265 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Jackson, Martin | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 97 min |
| Sep 3, 2:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin and 4 more | 116 min |
| Sep 3, 7:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wabasha, Winona | 83 min |
| Sep 3, 11:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 12 more | 88 min |
| Sep 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Itasca | 97 min |
| Sep 3, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Douglas, Todd | 91 min |
| Sep 3, 11:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 117 min |
| Sep 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant and 13 more | 54 min |
| Sep 11, 8:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chippewa, Crow Wing, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lyon, Morrison and 11 more | 114 min |
| Sep 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Wilkin | 56 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cass County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Hubbard County4
- Itasca County4
- Faribault County3
- Jackson County3
- Martin County3
- Winona County3
- Becker County3
- Clay County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Wadena County3
- Wilkin County3
- Douglas County3
- Todd County3
- Blue Earth County2
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Freeborn County2
- Houston County2
- Mower County2
- Steele County2
- Wabasha County2
- Waseca County2
- Nobles County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clearwater County2
- Koochiching County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Pennington County2
- Red Lake County2
- Aitkin County2
- Lincoln County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Chippewa County2
- Pope County2
- Swift County2
32 more counties
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Brown County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Goodhue County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Nicollet County1
- Olmsted County1
- Rice County1
- Watonwan County1
- Kittson County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Polk County1
- Roseau County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Carlton County1
- Chisago County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Pine County1
- Big Stone County1
- Grant County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Stevens County1
- Traverse County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lyon County1
- Morrison County1
- Murray County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Stearns 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.