Alert archive / North Dakota / Mesoscale Discussions
Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2003
87 mesoscale discussions in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 87
- Busiest month
- July36 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- June 22, 20035 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:39 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 14 more | 2 hr |
| May 3, 7:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Dunn, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 16 more | 61 min |
| May 7, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 2 hr |
| May 29, 7:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina and 5 more | 113 min |
| Jun 2, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman | 117 min |
| Jun 4, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Burleigh, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, McHenry and 8 more | 84 min |
| Jun 5, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 4 more | 91 min |
| Jun 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 5 more | 85 min |
| Jun 15, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Golden Valley and 12 more | 115 min |
| Jun 20, 4:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 1:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant and 17 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Eddy, Emmons and 25 more | 95 min |
| Jun 21, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 3 more | 92 min |
| Jun 22, 12:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 19 more | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 1:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 4 more | 118 min |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 11 more | 117 min |
| Jun 22, 5:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 8:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland and 1 more | 92 min |
| Jun 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 83 min |
| Jun 27, 12:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 91 min |
| Jun 28, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy, Emmons and 17 more | 115 min |
| Jul 2, 11:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure, Nelson and 5 more | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 84 min |
| Jul 2, 11:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 2:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Kidder, McHenry, McLean and 11 more | 86 min |
| Jul 3, 3:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger, McKenzie and 10 more | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 10:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 11:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 97 min |
| Jul 4, 12:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 7 more | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Dunn, Hettinger, McLean, Mercer, Oliver and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Eddy, Emmons and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward and 1 more | 1 min |
| Jul 14, 3:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 20 more | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Steele, Traill and 1 more | 85 min |
| Jul 17, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 4 more | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 7:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 4 more | 94 min |
| Jul 18, 7:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McLean, Mountrail, Sheridan, Ward | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman | 90 min |
| Jul 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cavalier, Grand Forks, Pembina, Traill, Walsh | 90 min |
| Jul 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more | 118 min |
| Jul 19, 7:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, McHenry and 11 more | 89 min |
| Jul 19, 11:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 2:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 3 more | 117 min |
| Jul 29, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure and 6 more | 108 min |
| Jul 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 115 min |
| Aug 8, 2:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Mountrail and 2 more | 117 min |
| Aug 8, 7:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 17 more | 87 min |
| Aug 8, 10:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 18 more | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 11:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more | 118 min |
| Aug 9, 1:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Billings, Burleigh, Dunn, Eddy, Foster and 14 more | 83 min |
| Aug 20, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 10 more | 93 min |
| Aug 20, 5:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure and 5 more | 116 min |
| Aug 22, 10:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Dunn, Eddy, Foster and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 2:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 19 more | 94 min |
| Sep 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, McKenzie and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more | 83 min |
| Sep 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 2 more | 93 min |
| Sep 17, 12:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill | 105 min |
| Sep 17, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 86 min |
| Sep 17, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure and 7 more | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Steele, Traill | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland, Sargent | 2 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Eddy, Grand Forks, McHenry, Nelson, Pierce and 2 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ransom County29
- Richland County29
- Stark County27
- Hettinger County26
- Sargent County25
- Billings County23
- Mercer County23
- Slope County23
- Dunn County23
- Adams County22
- LaMoure County22
- Steele County21
- Cass County21
- Grand Forks County20
- Traill County20
- Bowman County20
- Logan County20
- Barnes County20
- Burleigh County19
- McLean County19
- Oliver County19
- Sheridan County19
- Dickey County19
- McIntosh County19
- Golden Valley County18
- Kidder County18
- Morton County18
- Pierce County18
- Ward County18
- Griggs County17
- Grant County17
- McKenzie County17
- Stutsman County17
- Nelson County16
- Benson County16
- Emmons County16
- McHenry County16
- Williams County16
- Walsh County16
- Foster County15
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.