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Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2011
121 mesoscale discussions in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 121
- Busiest month
- July56 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- July 17, 20117 mesoscale discussions
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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 19, 5:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Slope | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:17 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Foster, Hettinger and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 5 hr |
| May 8, 5:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons, Sioux | 54 min |
| May 8, 8:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux | 58 min |
| May 10, 1:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Emmons, Foster and 15 more | 94 min |
| May 30, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 118 min |
| Jun 2, 5:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, McHenry and 10 more | 83 min |
| Jun 2, 10:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more | 83 min |
| Jun 3, 1:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 11 more | 94 min |
| Jun 6, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 4 more | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 11:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 6 more | 95 min |
| Jun 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 13 more | 114 min |
| Jun 7, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Griggs and 11 more | 94 min |
| Jun 11, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Grant and 19 more | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 23 more | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure, Pembina and 4 more | 83 min |
| Jun 17, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 2 more | 84 min |
| Jun 17, 9:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burleigh, Dunn and 15 more | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams | 84 min |
| Jun 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons, Grand Forks, Griggs, Logan, Stutsman | 88 min |
| Jun 26, 6:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Sioux | 97 min |
| Jun 26, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more | 85 min |
| Jul 2, 1:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 9:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 4 more | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 12 more | 90 min |
| Jul 4, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 13 more | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 20 more | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure and 6 more | 83 min |
| Jul 10, 10:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder and 10 more | 118 min |
| Jul 10, 2:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 23 more | 97 min |
| Jul 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 2 more | 95 min |
| Jul 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sioux | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 11:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 2:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 2 more | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 7:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Nelson and 4 more | 113 min |
| Jul 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 8 more | 90 min |
| Jul 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, LaMoure and 7 more | 97 min |
| Jul 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey and 21 more | 95 min |
| Jul 16, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 9:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 5 more | 66 min |
| Jul 17, 11:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Nelson, Ramsey | 89 min |
| Jul 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele, Stutsman and 1 more | 93 min |
| Jul 17, 6:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams | 94 min |
| Jul 19, 2:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Cass and 26 more | 88 min |
| Jul 20, 10:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 11:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 88 min |
| Jul 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 2 more | 89 min |
| Jul 22, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 21 more | 94 min |
| Jul 22, 10:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 15 more | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 1:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Griggs and 9 more | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 1:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 13 more | 86 min |
| Jul 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Benson, Bowman, Burleigh, Cass and 22 more | 94 min |
| Jul 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Golden Valley | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Emmons, Kidder, Logan and 10 more | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sargent and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 85 min |
| Jul 26, 7:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 95 min |
| Jul 28, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Bowman, Cass, Dickey, Griggs and 8 more | 115 min |
| Jul 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 9:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, McIntosh and 2 more | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 10:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 12 more | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 11:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey and 23 more | 83 min |
| Jul 30, 5:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 88 min |
| Jul 30, 3:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom and 4 more | 53 min |
| Jul 31, 12:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Grant, Morton, Sioux | 89 min |
| Aug 1, 12:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 12 more | 85 min |
| Aug 1, 2:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, Traill and 1 more | 89 min |
| Aug 1, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Kidder and 10 more | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ransom and 3 more | 67 min |
| Aug 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dickey and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dickey and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland, Sargent | 95 min |
| Aug 4, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 4 more | 96 min |
| Aug 4, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 2 more | 95 min |
| Aug 5, 1:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Emmons, Golden Valley, Grant and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Golden Valley and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 10 more | 94 min |
| Aug 5, 10:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, Kidder and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 8 more | 86 min |
| Aug 11, 9:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 13 more | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster and 16 more | 91 min |
| Aug 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 96 min |
| Aug 14, 12:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 94 min |
| Aug 14, 8:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons, Grant, Logan, McIntosh, Morton, Sioux | 93 min |
| Aug 15, 3:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger and 7 more | 58 min |
| Aug 15, 9:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 20 more | 83 min |
| Aug 16, 2:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Emmons, Foster and 11 more | 115 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey and 27 more | 92 min |
| Aug 22, 7:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Griggs and 9 more | 85 min |
| Aug 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail and 3 more | 90 min |
| Aug 28, 2:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Kidder and 8 more | 66 min |
| Aug 31, 8:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 10 more | 66 min |
| Aug 31, 10:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Hettinger, McHenry, McLean and 9 more | 96 min |
| Sep 1, 12:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Eddy, Foster, Griggs and 14 more | 58 min |
| Sep 1, 3:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 6 more | 65 min |
| Sep 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Slope | 94 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Logan County44
- LaMoure County43
- Emmons County42
- McIntosh County39
- Sioux County39
- Griggs County39
- Dickey County38
- Ransom County38
- Kidder County38
- Adams County37
- Steele County36
- Burleigh County36
- Barnes County36
- Foster County35
- Morton County35
- Oliver County35
- Stutsman County35
- Cass County35
- Sargent County34
- Richland County32
- Hettinger County32
- Traill County31
- Grant County31
- Sheridan County30
- Bowman County29
- Slope County29
- Eddy County29
- Grand Forks County29
- Mercer County29
- Nelson County28
- Wells County28
- Billings County28
- Stark County28
- McLean County26
- Dunn County26
- Golden Valley County23
- Ward County22
- Benson County21
- Walsh County20
- McKenzie County20
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.