Alert archive / Minnesota / 1996
Weather alerts in Minnesota, May 1996
102 weather alerts in May 1996, 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 May 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 102
- Warnings
- 102
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 19, 199653 alerts
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 16, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 31 min |
| May 16, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 23 min |
| May 17, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 29 min |
| May 17, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 53 min |
| May 17, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 48 min |
| May 17, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 63 min |
| May 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 53 min |
| May 17, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Stevens, Swift | 65 min |
| May 17, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 27 min |
| May 17, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 49 min |
| May 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 46 min |
| May 17, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 29 min |
| May 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 45 min |
| May 17, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 38 min |
| May 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 46 min |
| May 17, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 40 min |
| May 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 53 min |
| May 17, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 41 min |
| May 17, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 11 min |
| May 17, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 25 min |
| May 17, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 49 min |
| May 17, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 27 min |
| May 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 60 min |
| May 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 30 min |
| May 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 24 min |
| May 17, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 33 min |
| May 17, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 17 min |
| May 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 49 min |
| May 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 62 min |
| May 17, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 40 min |
| May 17, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 26 min |
| May 17, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis | 61 min |
| May 17, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 61 min |
| May 17, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 27 min |
| May 17, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 35 min |
| May 17, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 41 min |
| May 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 58 min |
| May 17, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 55 min |
| May 17, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 55 min |
| May 18, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 33 min |
| May 18, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 43 min |
| May 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 41 min |
| May 18, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 25 min |
| May 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| May 18, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 18, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 36 min |
| May 18, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 36 min |
| May 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Sibley, Wright | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 63 min |
| May 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 63 min |
| May 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 63 min |
| May 18, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 55 min |
| May 18, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 55 min |
| May 18, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 29 min |
| May 18, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 54 min |
| May 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 29 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sherburne, Wright | 50 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 50 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 50 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 65 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 65 min |
| May 18, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 28 min |
| May 19, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 29 min |
| May 19, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 53 min |
| May 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 25 min |
| May 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley | 60 min |
| May 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 60 min |
| May 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 30 min |
| May 19, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 45 min |
| May 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 62 min |
| May 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago | 62 min |
| May 19, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 37 min |
| May 19, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 58 min |
| May 19, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 58 min |
| May 19, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 34 min |
| May 19, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 28 min |
| May 19, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower | 73 min |
| May 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 76 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 61 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 61 min |
| May 19, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 52 min |
| May 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 61 min |
| May 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 30 min |
| May 19, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 60 min |
| May 19, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 61 min |
| May 21, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 40 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 | 90 |
| Tornado Warning | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stearns County7
- Anoka County5
- Isanti County5
- Renville County5
- Sherburne County5
- Wright County5
- Hennepin County5
- Chisago County4
- Koochiching County4
- McLeod County4
- Meeker County4
- Sibley County4
- Ramsey County4
- Washington County4
- Polk County3
- Big Stone County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Chippewa County3
- Stevens County3
- Wilkin County3
- Todd County3
- Becker County3
- Clearwater County3
- Beltrami County3
- Itasca County3
- Watonwan County3
- Pine County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Brown County3
- Nicollet County3
- Fillmore County3
- Houston County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Carver County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Marshall County2
- Swift County2
- Pope County2
- Morrison County2
40 more counties
- Mahnomen County2
- Benton County2
- Jackson County2
- Martin County2
- Carlton County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Scott County2
- Lyon County2
- Faribault County2
- Goodhue County2
- Freeborn County2
- Traverse County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Clay County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Hubbard County1
- Aitkin County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Kanabec County1
- Lincoln County1
- Redwood County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone County1
- Nobles County1
- Rock County1
- Dakota County1
- Rice County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Dodge County1
- Mower County1
- Winona County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
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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. Rebuilt daily.