Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota
2,525 mesoscale discussions since 1986. 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 since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 2,525
- Busiest year
- 2005170 mesoscale discussions
- Average year
- 105over 24 years on file
Over time
By year
Mesoscale discussions are counted from 2003.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ransom County707
- LaMoure County706
- Sargent County697
- Richland County691
- Logan County686
- Dickey County680
- Emmons County674
- McIntosh County668
- Cass County661
- Barnes County652
- Kidder County638
- Morton County627
- Grant County622
- Adams County620
- Burleigh County618
- Sioux County617
- Stutsman County615
- Hettinger County608
- Traill County587
- Steele County582
- Oliver County580
- Stark County578
- Griggs County570
- Foster County566
- McLean County560
- Mercer County559
- Dunn County557
- Slope County555
- Bowman County554
- Sheridan County547
- Wells County547
- Billings County531
- Eddy County531
- Grand Forks County517
- Nelson County503
- Golden Valley County494
- Ward County490
- Benson County487
- McKenzie County479
- McHenry County477
The latest mesoscale discussions
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 117 min |
| Sep 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 54 min |
| Sep 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Eddy, McHenry, Pierce, Ramsey, Rolette and 2 more | 116 min |
| Sep 7, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, McHenry, McLean, Mercer and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McKenzie, Mountrail | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver and 2 more | 87 min |
| Sep 5, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Griggs and 9 more | 117 min |
| Sep 3, 11:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Sargent | 65 min |
| Aug 30, 5:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton and 2 more | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Dunn, Golden Valley and 13 more | 116 min |
| Aug 30, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 8 more | 2 hr |
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.