Alert archive / Wisconsin / Mesoscale Discussions / 2012
Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, May 2012
32 mesoscale discussions in May 2012. 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 32
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20126 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Pierce, Polk and 4 more | 94 min |
| May 1, 10:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin and 2 more | 87 min |
| May 2, 7:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe and 4 more | 37 min |
| May 2, 11:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Dodge and 20 more | 54 min |
| May 3, 8:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Clark, Columbia and 26 more | 92 min |
| May 3, 10:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calumet, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson and 8 more | 86 min |
| May 3, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee and 5 more | 67 min |
| May 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, Trempealeau | 62 min |
| May 5, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant | 94 min |
| May 15, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock, Walworth | 54 min |
| May 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Milwaukee, Racine and 3 more | 62 min |
| May 20, 10:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Clark, Florence, Forest, Jackson, Juneau and 18 more | 113 min |
| May 20, 1:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha and 4 more | 118 min |
| May 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Florence, Forest, Langlade and 12 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Walworth, Waukesha | 85 min |
| May 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Polk, Saint Croix | 93 min |
| May 24, 6:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia and 39 more | 57 min |
| May 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford and 29 more | 116 min |
| May 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Richland | 114 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Clark, Eau Claire, Florence, Forest, Iron and 15 more | 2 hr |
| May 24, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk | 2 hr |
| May 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford | 89 min |
| May 26, 6:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha and 4 more | 89 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark and 10 more | 2 hr |
| May 27, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sawyer and 1 more | 56 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 88 min |
| May 27, 10:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 94 min |
| May 28, 12:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 34 more | 60 min |
| May 28, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas and 8 more | 57 min |
| May 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Burnett and 59 more | 92 min |
| May 28, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk, Sawyer, Washburn | 62 min |
| May 28, 7:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Door, Jefferson, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Sheboygan and 2 more | 57 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County10
- Pierce County9
- Juneau County9
- Wood County9
- Clark County9
- Marathon County9
- Portage County9
- Jefferson County9
- Barron County8
- Chippewa County8
- Dunn County8
- Rusk County8
- Saint Croix County8
- Sawyer County8
- Pepin County8
- Jackson County8
- Monroe County8
- Shawano County8
- Washington County8
- Waupaca County8
- Winnebago County8
- Dane County8
- Waukesha County8
- Lincoln County8
- Burnett County7
- Polk County7
- Eau Claire County7
- Trempealeau County7
- Columbia County7
- Dodge County7
- Outagamie County7
- Waushara County7
- Richland County7
- Rock County7
- Walworth County7
- Grant County7
- Lafayette County7
- Forest County7
- Langlade County7
- Washburn County6
32 more counties
- Buffalo County6
- La Crosse County6
- Vernon County6
- Brown County6
- Calumet County6
- Green Lake County6
- Marquette County6
- Sauk County6
- Sheboygan County6
- Green County6
- Florence County6
- Menominee County6
- Oneida County6
- Price County6
- Taylor County6
- Crawford County6
- Iowa County6
- Fond du Lac County5
- Manitowoc County5
- Ozaukee County5
- Kenosha County5
- Vilas County5
- Douglas County5
- Milwaukee County4
- Racine County4
- Marinette County4
- Oconto County4
- Iron County4
- Kewaunee County3
- Ashland County3
- Bayfield County3
- Door County2
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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.