Alert archive / Minnesota / 1997
Weather alerts in Minnesota, August 1997
98 weather alerts in August 1997, 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 August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 98
- Warnings
- 90
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 3, 199731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 69 min |
| Aug 2, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 16 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Stevens, Traverse and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 76 min |
| Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Traverse | 76 min |
| Aug 5, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 100 min |
| Aug 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 58 min |
| Aug 15, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Pine | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha, Winona | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 51 min |
| Aug 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Winona | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Houston | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kittson | 6 hr |
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 | 71 |
| Tornado Warning | 17 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Winona County9
- Polk County9
- Le Sueur County8
- Goodhue County7
- Rice County7
- Anoka County6
- Dakota County6
- Hennepin County6
- Sherburne County6
- Wabasha County6
- Wright County6
- Houston County6
- Fillmore County6
- Grant County4
- Carver County4
- Dodge County4
- Isanti County4
- McLeod County4
- Meeker County4
- Olmsted County4
- Pope County4
- Renville County4
- Scott County4
- Stearns County4
- Traverse County4
- Todd County4
- Wilkin County4
- Benton County3
- Big Stone County3
- Chisago County3
- Douglas County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Ramsey County3
- Sibley County3
- Steele County3
- Stevens County3
- Waseca County3
- Washington County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Clay County3
37 more counties
- Saint Louis County3
- Aitkin County3
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Nicollet County2
- Redwood County2
- Swift County2
- Watonwan County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Becker County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Norman County2
- Pennington County2
- Red Lake County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Pine County2
- Marshall County2
- Kittson County2
- Mower County2
- Chippewa County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Cass County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Clearwater County1
- Koochiching County1
- Carlton County1
- Hubbard County1
- Wadena County1
- Lake County1
- Kanabec County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Jackson County1
- Martin 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. Rebuilt daily.