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Mesoscale Discussions in North Dakota, 2020
114 mesoscale discussions in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 114
- Busiest month
- July40 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- August 14, 20208 mesoscale discussions
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sioux | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 7:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 3 hr |
| May 3, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 2 hr |
| May 23, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Burleigh, Grant, Hettinger, McHenry and 8 more | 115 min |
| May 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 115 min |
| May 31, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 97 min |
| Jun 2, 4:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 2 more | 93 min |
| Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman | 95 min |
| Jun 6, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman | 117 min |
| Jun 6, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Billings, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 25 more | 91 min |
| Jun 6, 11:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more | 86 min |
| Jun 7, 2:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh | 117 min |
| Jun 7, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Ransom, Richland and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 14 more | 93 min |
| Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 20 more | 87 min |
| Jun 8, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ransom and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Steele, Traill | 115 min |
| Jun 14, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 20 more | 115 min |
| Jun 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn and 17 more | 116 min |
| Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bottineau, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, McHenry and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, McHenry, McLean and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy, Foster and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 3 more | 118 min |
| Jun 17, 11:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey and 20 more | 117 min |
| Jun 21, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure and 7 more | 119 min |
| Jun 25, 3:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Foster, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom and 5 more | 119 min |
| Jun 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Morton and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bottineau, Grant, Hettinger, McHenry, McLean and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh | 119 min |
| Jun 29, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger, McKenzie and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Grant, McHenry, McLean, Mercer and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Grant | 115 min |
| Jun 30, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Pierce, Rolette, Towner, Wells | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 18 more | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 91 min |
| Jul 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burleigh, Grant, McHenry, McLean, Mercer and 8 more | 114 min |
| Jul 3, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 118 min |
| Jul 3, 8:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Williams | 113 min |
| Jul 4, 12:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton and 1 more | 89 min |
| Jul 4, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 4 more | 119 min |
| Jul 5, 1:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Sargent | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, LaMoure and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom and 2 more | 117 min |
| Jul 6, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 115 min |
| Jul 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowman | 91 min |
| Jul 7, 7:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, McKenzie and 10 more | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 11:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 23 more | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 1:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 21 more | 113 min |
| Jul 8, 4:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 9 more | 114 min |
| Jul 13, 11:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Pierce, Ramsey, Sheridan and 2 more | 116 min |
| Jul 17, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, McHenry and 14 more | 95 min |
| Jul 17, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, McHenry, McLean, Nelson and 7 more | 95 min |
| Jul 17, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Hettinger, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 88 min |
| Jul 17, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dunn and 31 more | 116 min |
| Jul 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 19 more | 119 min |
| Jul 20, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sargent | 119 min |
| Jul 23, 2:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, McKenzie and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 116 min |
| Jul 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grand Forks and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Griggs and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, McHenry, McLean, Mercer and 9 more | 114 min |
| Jul 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more | 90 min |
| Jul 31, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dunn, McHenry, McKenzie and 9 more | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benson, Burleigh, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 3 more | 90 min |
| Aug 9, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 96 min |
| Aug 11, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Slope | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux | 117 min |
| Aug 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 10 more | 119 min |
| Aug 13, 4:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland, Traill | 88 min |
| Aug 13, 8:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill | 94 min |
| Aug 13, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 87 min |
| Aug 14, 2:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux | 93 min |
| Aug 14, 5:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons, Grant, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more | 91 min |
| Aug 14, 6:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Ransom, Steele and 1 more | 114 min |
| Aug 14, 10:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Ransom, Richland, Traill | 86 min |
| Aug 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Traill | 96 min |
| Aug 19, 4:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grand Forks, Traill | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Eddy, Foster and 12 more | 96 min |
| Aug 23, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 2 more | 95 min |
| Aug 23, 8:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Ransom and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland, Sargent | 118 min |
| Aug 27, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 83 min |
| Aug 27, 9:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux, Slope | 85 min |
| Aug 30, 3:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 113 min |
| Aug 30, 8:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 12 more | 86 min |
| Oct 11, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 83 min |
| Oct 21, 9:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, McIntosh, Richland, Sargent and 1 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ransom County36
- Richland County35
- Sargent County32
- LaMoure County32
- Adams County30
- Hettinger County30
- Morton County30
- Dickey County29
- Grant County29
- Traill County29
- Emmons County28
- Cass County28
- Sioux County27
- Barnes County27
- Bowman County26
- Logan County26
- McIntosh County26
- Steele County26
- Oliver County25
- Stark County25
- Stutsman County25
- Kidder County24
- McLean County24
- Mercer County24
- Slope County23
- Burleigh County23
- Foster County23
- Eddy County22
- Grand Forks County22
- Griggs County22
- Wells County21
- Ward County21
- Sheridan County20
- Dunn County20
- Golden Valley County19
- McHenry County19
- McKenzie County19
- Mountrail County19
- Renville County18
- Nelson County18
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.