Alert archive / Minnesota / 1987
Weather alerts in Minnesota, July 1987
160 weather alerts in July 1987, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in July 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 160
- Warnings
- 160
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 11, 198729 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Steele, Waseca | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles | 63 min |
| Jul 11, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 66 min |
| Jul 11, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Sherburne | 21 min |
| Jul 11, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Kanabec, Pine | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Freeborn, Steele | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha, Winona | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted, Winona | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray, Nobles | 68 min |
| Jul 11, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 20 min |
| Jul 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 83 min |
| Jul 17, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 68 min |
| Jul 17, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 76 min |
| Jul 18, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Scott | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 68 min |
| Jul 20, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 68 min |
| Jul 20, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Otter Tail | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Wadena | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen, Norman | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 75 min |
| Jul 22, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 82 min |
| Jul 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen, Norman | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 9:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha, Winona | 21 min |
| Jul 26, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha, Winona | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 20 min |
| Jul 27, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 13 min |
| Jul 31, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 37 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 132 |
| Tornado Warning | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hennepin County14
- Anoka County13
- Dakota County10
- Ramsey County10
- Washington County9
- Norman County8
- Scott County7
- Clay County7
- Polk County6
- Clearwater County6
- Wright County6
- Carver County6
- Saint Louis County6
- Becker County6
- Cass County6
- Olmsted County5
- Lyon County5
- Winona County5
- Beltrami County5
- Mahnomen County5
- Waseca County4
- Goodhue County4
- Todd County4
- Meeker County4
- Sherburne County4
- Pine County4
- Freeborn County4
- Itasca County4
- Red Lake County3
- Steele County3
- Rice County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Rock County3
- Lincoln County3
- Murray County3
- Nobles County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Jackson County3
- Faribault County3
- Wabasha County3
34 more counties
- Koochiching County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Stearns County3
- Dodge County2
- Sibley County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Pipestone County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Isanti County2
- Chisago County2
- Lake County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Wilkin County2
- Hubbard County2
- Wadena County2
- Crow Wing County2
- McLeod County2
- Le Sueur County1
- Watonwan County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Kanabec County1
- Carlton County1
- Martin County1
- Marshall County1
- Pennington County1
- Aitkin County1
- Benton County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Brown County1
- Nicollet County1
- Fillmore County1
- Morrison County1
- Kittson County1
Nearby
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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.