Weather alerts in Minnesota, 1989
168 weather alerts in 1989, 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 168
- Warnings
- 168
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May62 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 24, 198929 alerts
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 30 min |
| May 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 61 min |
| May 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 26 min |
| May 23, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 43 min |
| May 23, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 36 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 31 min |
| May 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 37 min |
| May 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 35 min |
| May 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Olmsted | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 39 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 48 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 37 min |
| May 23, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 51 min |
| May 23, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 47 min |
| May 24, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 56 min |
| May 24, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 66 min |
| May 24, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 25 min |
| May 24, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 43 min |
| May 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 66 min |
| May 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Winona | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 58 min |
| May 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 67 min |
| May 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 52 min |
| May 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 30 min |
| May 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 30 min |
| May 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 39 min |
| May 24, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 31 min |
| May 29, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 64 min |
| May 29, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 17 min |
| May 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 69 min |
| May 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 28 min |
| May 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 68 min |
| May 29, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 69 min |
| May 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 46 min |
| May 29, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 27 min |
| May 29, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 61 min |
| May 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 30 min |
| May 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 38 min |
| May 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Winona | 37 min |
| May 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Wabasha | 40 min |
| May 29, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha | 40 min |
| May 30, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles | 29 min |
| May 30, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 53 min |
| May 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 66 min |
| May 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 66 min |
| May 30, 8:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Houston | 39 min |
| May 30, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Mower | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Houston, Winona | 18 min |
| Jun 29, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Stevens | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 69 min |
| Jul 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 69 min |
| Jul 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 70 min |
| Jul 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 70 min |
| Jul 5, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 16 min |
| Aug 3, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Koochiching | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Koochiching | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Olmsted | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted, Winona | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Stevens | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Kanabec | 72 min |
| Aug 21, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 69 min |
| Aug 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 68 min |
| Aug 30, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 54 min |
| Aug 31, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 50 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 | 153 |
| Tornado Warning | 15 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hennepin County12
- Faribault County10
- Nobles County9
- Morrison County8
- Martin County7
- Saint Louis County7
- Freeborn County6
- Rock County6
- Carver County6
- Stearns County6
- Koochiching County6
- Beltrami County6
- Dodge County5
- Olmsted County5
- Wright County5
- Cass County5
- Aitkin County5
- Benton County5
- Mower County5
- Anoka County5
- Chisago County5
- Marshall County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Steele County4
- Waseca County4
- Houston County4
- Goodhue County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Winona County4
- Todd County4
- Sherburne County4
- Roseau County4
- Fillmore County3
- Rice County3
- Pine County3
- McLeod County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Pope County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Wabasha County3
35 more counties
- Itasca County3
- Swift County3
- Clay County3
- Blue Earth County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Sibley County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Wilkin County2
- Ramsey County2
- Washington County2
- Isanti County2
- Murray County2
- Stevens County2
- Hubbard County2
- Clearwater County2
- Jackson County2
- Kittson County2
- Norman County2
- Dakota County1
- Scott County1
- Nicollet County1
- Carlton County1
- Pipestone County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Watonwan County1
- Pennington County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant County1
- Kanabec County1
- Meeker County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Becker County1
- Cottonwood County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19881990
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. Rebuilt daily.