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Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2008
109 mesoscale discussions in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 109
- Busiest month
- July43 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- July 11, 20085 mesoscale discussions
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 9:39 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Cass, Eddy and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger and 7 more | 55 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 12 more | 113 min |
| May 24, 9:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 25 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 12:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland, Sargent | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman | 87 min |
| Jun 8, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, McHenry, McLean, Mercer and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, McIntosh, Sargent | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy, Foster and 13 more | 114 min |
| Jun 12, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Richland, Traill | 83 min |
| Jun 13, 5:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 15 more | 87 min |
| Jun 14, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn, Eddy and 20 more | 89 min |
| Jun 14, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 6 more | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey and 22 more | 86 min |
| Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland, Traill | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 1:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 7:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder and 11 more | 93 min |
| Jun 18, 8:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Logan and 12 more | 89 min |
| Jun 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 8 more | 86 min |
| Jun 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, Grant, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 1:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burleigh, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger and 13 more | 94 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey and 22 more | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 7 more | 114 min |
| Jul 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks, Steele, Traill | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey and 24 more | 116 min |
| Jul 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy, Foster and 16 more | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Burke, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger and 6 more | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 2:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy, Foster and 16 more | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks, Pembina, Traill, Walsh | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, Traill and 1 more | 86 min |
| Jul 10, 2:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Emmons and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 17 more | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 20 more | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 9:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 2 more | 91 min |
| Jul 11, 4:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cavalier, Pembina, Towner | 94 min |
| Jul 11, 6:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Cavalier, Grand Forks, McHenry and 10 more | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 12:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Richland, Traill | 83 min |
| Jul 11, 5:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Richland, Steele, Traill and 1 more | 85 min |
| Jul 16, 3:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 17 more | 56 min |
| Jul 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 19 more | 113 min |
| Jul 18, 4:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Slope | 88 min |
| Jul 19, 1:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer and 3 more | 86 min |
| Jul 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 89 min |
| Jul 19, 8:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 1:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster and 16 more | 83 min |
| Jul 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 9:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Golden Valley | 87 min |
| Jul 23, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 11 more | 113 min |
| Jul 23, 6:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Golden Valley, Slope | 117 min |
| Jul 27, 2:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 4 more | 95 min |
| Jul 27, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams | 85 min |
| Jul 28, 3:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Williams | 88 min |
| Jul 28, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burleigh, Dunn, Hettinger, Kidder, McHenry and 11 more | 85 min |
| Jul 28, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Burleigh, Dunn, Grant, McLean, Mercer and 6 more | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 5 more | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 7 more | 111 min |
| Jul 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure and 9 more | 84 min |
| Jul 30, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 14 more | 66 min |
| Jul 30, 7:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Logan and 11 more | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 9:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy and 17 more | 93 min |
| Jul 31, 12:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder and 12 more | 85 min |
| Jul 31, 3:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sargent and 1 more | 90 min |
| Aug 1, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Stark and 1 more | 86 min |
| Aug 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Dunn, McHenry, McKenzie, McLean and 7 more | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 10:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 18 more | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 2:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville and 3 more | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 1:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Eddy, McHenry, McLean and 8 more | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 9:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 4:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 10 more | 95 min |
| Aug 3, 9:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 117 min |
| Aug 4, 2:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman | 94 min |
| Aug 10, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 95 min |
| Aug 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 6 more | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 94 min |
| Aug 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 90 min |
| Aug 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 9 more | 117 min |
| Aug 22, 2:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Foster, McHenry, Pierce and 2 more | 93 min |
| Aug 26, 2:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bottineau, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Wells | 95 min |
| Sep 1, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure and 8 more | 87 min |
| Sep 22, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 17 more | 65 min |
| Sep 22, 10:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 21 more | 54 min |
| Sep 22, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sargent | 62 min |
| Sep 23, 1:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 8 more | 23 min |
| Sep 23, 1:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Griggs and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 87 min |
| Oct 11, 11:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more | 114 min |
| Nov 6, 3:33 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bottineau, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, McHenry and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 6, 12:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Emmons, Foster, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 6, 6:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke and 32 more | 58 min |
| Dec 2, 12:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux, Slope | 4 hr |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 13, 6:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Richland, Sargent | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 11:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Griggs and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:56 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 29, 6:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure and 9 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burleigh County37
- Sargent County34
- Oliver County34
- Sheridan County33
- Mercer County33
- Dickey County33
- Logan County33
- McLean County32
- Emmons County32
- Kidder County32
- Morton County31
- LaMoure County31
- McIntosh County31
- Cass County30
- Traill County30
- Richland County30
- Stutsman County29
- Sioux County29
- Barnes County28
- Griggs County28
- Steele County28
- Ransom County28
- Grant County28
- Foster County27
- Wells County27
- Slope County27
- Ward County26
- Golden Valley County26
- Grand Forks County25
- Eddy County24
- Nelson County24
- Walsh County24
- Adams County24
- Bowman County24
- Dunn County24
- Hettinger County24
- Stark County24
- McHenry County23
- Billings County23
- Ramsey County22
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.