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Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2016
121 mesoscale discussions in 2016. 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
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- Mesoscale Discussions
- 121
- Busiest month
- July38 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- August 10, 20166 mesoscale discussions
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Slope | 2 hr |
| May 10, 2:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 93 min |
| May 22, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bottineau, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 14 more | 93 min |
| May 22, 9:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dickey and 30 more | 114 min |
| May 25, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more | 65 min |
| May 30, 1:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Eddy, Foster, Sheridan, Wells | 61 min |
| May 30, 2:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Dickey, Emmons, Griggs, Kidder, LaMoure and 5 more | 59 min |
| May 30, 6:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Griggs, Kidder and 9 more | 113 min |
| Jun 2, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Sioux | 97 min |
| Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 8 more | 85 min |
| Jun 9, 10:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Dunn and 14 more | 95 min |
| Jun 9, 11:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner and 1 more | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 1:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 1 more | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 2:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks, Steele, Traill, Walsh | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 1:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Dunn, Mercer, Stark | 87 min |
| Jun 11, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Williams | 85 min |
| Jun 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux, Slope | 117 min |
| Jun 11, 8:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 10 more | 84 min |
| Jun 11, 11:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke and 20 more | 116 min |
| Jun 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 2 more | 90 min |
| Jun 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 4:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 8 more | 95 min |
| Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 9 more | 90 min |
| Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, McHenry, McLean, Morton and 3 more | 119 min |
| Jun 17, 12:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Mercer and 2 more | 84 min |
| Jun 17, 3:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Kidder and 7 more | 97 min |
| Jun 17, 5:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 7:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks, Pembina, Steele, Traill, Walsh | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 9:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Cavalier, Divide, McHenry and 10 more | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 1:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, McHenry, Pierce, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh and 1 more | 89 min |
| Jun 19, 4:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks, Ramsey, Walsh | 95 min |
| Jun 21, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie and 7 more | 119 min |
| Jun 21, 7:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 4 more | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 1:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams | 84 min |
| Jun 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie and 3 more | 114 min |
| Jun 24, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Cavalier, Divide and 17 more | 96 min |
| Jun 25, 12:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh and 31 more | 116 min |
| Jun 25, 2:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Walsh | 91 min |
| Jun 29, 1:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 10 more | 92 min |
| Jul 2, 1:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Williams | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 22 more | 85 min |
| Jul 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 22 more | 91 min |
| Jul 6, 1:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Cass, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 16 more | 84 min |
| Jul 9, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner and 2 more | 93 min |
| Jul 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, LaMoure and 5 more | 92 min |
| Jul 9, 10:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Griggs and 9 more | 91 min |
| Jul 10, 2:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 86 min |
| Jul 10, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 12 more | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 7:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dunn and 28 more | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 10:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 20 more | 89 min |
| Jul 11, 1:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder and 7 more | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 4:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan and 6 more | 84 min |
| Jul 11, 4:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 6 more | 117 min |
| Jul 16, 12:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Grant and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder and 9 more | 87 min |
| Jul 16, 10:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Richland, Sargent | 67 min |
| Jul 19, 1:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Divide | 116 min |
| Jul 19, 1:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Nelson, Ramsey and 1 more | 116 min |
| Jul 19, 3:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cavalier, Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Steele, Traill | 95 min |
| Jul 20, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant and 16 more | 92 min |
| Jul 20, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette and 2 more | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy, Grant, Kidder and 7 more | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 11:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, McIntosh, Sargent | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Eddy and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 9:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 20 more | 89 min |
| Aug 1, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Griggs and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 90 min |
| Aug 3, 2:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy, Emmons and 22 more | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey and 23 more | 91 min |
| Aug 3, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster and 11 more | 113 min |
| Aug 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Golden Valley | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Nelson and 2 more | 89 min |
| Aug 9, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman | 114 min |
| Aug 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Sioux | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, LaMoure, Logan and 4 more | 114 min |
| Aug 10, 1:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 11:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams | 97 min |
| Aug 10, 8:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh and 31 more | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 10:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure and 7 more | 85 min |
| Aug 14, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Slope | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger and 10 more | 116 min |
| Aug 16, 3:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland, Sargent | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 7:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 9 more | 118 min |
| Aug 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Pembina, Ransom and 4 more | 89 min |
| Aug 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 15 more | 90 min |
| Sep 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Ramsey, Sheridan, Wells | 118 min |
| Sep 4, 10:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure, Nelson, Pembina and 2 more | 115 min |
| Sep 4, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 94 min |
| Sep 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 1 more | 61 min |
| Oct 3, 1:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 59 min |
| Oct 3, 5:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Sioux | 2 hr |
| Dec 5, 4:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail, Ward, Williams | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 5:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele, Traill | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 6:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh and 25 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickey County39
- LaMoure County39
- McIntosh County37
- Emmons County36
- Logan County35
- Burleigh County35
- Kidder County35
- Barnes County35
- Stutsman County35
- Ransom County34
- Sargent County34
- Adams County32
- Grant County32
- Sioux County32
- Morton County31
- Wells County31
- Benson County31
- Griggs County31
- Billings County31
- Dunn County31
- Bowman County30
- Slope County30
- Eddy County30
- Foster County30
- Ramsey County30
- McKenzie County30
- Steele County29
- Cass County29
- Mercer County28
- Richland County28
- Golden Valley County28
- Stark County28
- Hettinger County27
- Oliver County27
- Sheridan County27
- Nelson County27
- Walsh County27
- McLean County26
- Grand Forks County26
- Traill County26
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.