Weather alerts in Minnesota, May 1998

198 weather alerts in May 1998, 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 198
Warnings: 181
Watches: 17
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 15, 199853 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 12, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 13 more	6 hr
May 12, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	43 min
May 12, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Fillmore, Houston, Wabasha, Winona	6 hr
May 12, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton	45 min
May 12, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton	48 min
May 12, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Itasca	61 min
May 12, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	30 min
May 12, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	31 min
May 14, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker	33 min
May 14, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Hubbard	34 min
May 14, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker	30 min
May 14, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass	49 min
May 14, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	33 min
May 14, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	62 min
May 14, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Red Lake	30 min
May 14, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	34 min
May 14, 6:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	60 min
May 14, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca	46 min
May 14, 6:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	34 min
May 14, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beltrami, Cass, Cook, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching and 3 more	6 hr
May 14, 7:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake	63 min
May 14, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 1 more	6 hr
May 14, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	35 min
May 15, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Wilkin	34 min
May 15, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman	34 min
May 15, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen	32 min
May 15, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	30 min
May 15, 2:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault	12 hr
May 15, 2:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	48 min
May 15, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet	13 hr
May 15, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	46 min
May 15, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	49 min
May 15, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone	49 min
May 15, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	47 min
May 15, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass	48 min
May 15, 5:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	34 min
May 15, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca	44 min
May 15, 9:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 24 more	5 hr
May 15, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Pipestone, Rock	31 min
May 15, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	32 min
May 15, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Stearns	37 min
May 15, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	40 min
May 15, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Cass and 37 more	7 hr
May 15, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin	51 min
May 15, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Crow Wing	46 min
May 15, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 28 more	6 hr
May 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Sibley	63 min
May 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rice, Scott	50 min
May 15, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	51 min
May 15, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Wright	63 min
May 15, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker	31 min
May 15, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Carlton, Fillmore, Houston, Lake, Saint Louis, Wabasha and 1 more	6 hr
May 15, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Stearns	56 min
May 15, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	56 min
May 15, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs	58 min
May 15, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	58 min
May 15, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey, Washington	29 min
May 15, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	63 min
May 15, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	63 min
May 15, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	64 min
May 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	56 min
May 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin	56 min
May 15, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Mower	46 min
May 15, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	55 min
May 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	48 min
May 15, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	57 min
May 15, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Pine	62 min
May 15, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Wabasha	50 min
May 15, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	29 min
May 15, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Pine	27 min
May 15, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton	59 min
May 15, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin	59 min
May 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	48 min
May 15, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Winona	46 min
May 15, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine	34 min
May 15, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	60 min
May 15, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	32 min
May 15, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	63 min
May 15, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	33 min
May 15, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Saint Louis	60 min
May 15, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	63 min
May 15, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cook	63 min
May 17, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	5 hr
May 18, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Swift	64 min
May 18, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 48 more	6 hr
May 18, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	64 min
May 18, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	60 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	62 min
May 18, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca	59 min
May 18, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 5 more	5 hr
May 18, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Itasca, Koochiching	44 min
May 18, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker	58 min
May 18, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker	35 min
May 18, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	67 min
May 18, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	62 min
May 18, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker, Wright	48 min
May 18, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine	60 min
May 18, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	47 min
May 18, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching, Saint Louis	60 min
May 18, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	63 min
May 18, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	63 min
May 18, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	64 min
May 18, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	53 min
May 18, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	65 min
May 18, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	McLeod	62 min
May 18, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington	61 min
May 18, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca	63 min
May 18, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Stearns	64 min
May 18, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Cass	63 min
May 18, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	42 min
May 18, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Itasca	51 min
May 18, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Scott	61 min
May 18, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	61 min
May 18, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca	64 min
May 18, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	63 min
May 18, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	64 min
May 18, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	60 min
May 18, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice	66 min
May 18, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	60 min
May 18, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Itasca	61 min
May 18, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Nicollet	40 min
May 18, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha	60 min
May 18, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	60 min
May 18, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin	65 min
May 18, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	62 min
May 18, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Itasca	48 min
May 18, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Waseca	30 min
May 18, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted	45 min
May 18, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Winona	58 min
May 18, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted	29 min
May 19, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston	67 min
May 19, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Olmsted	59 min
May 27, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall	32 min
May 27, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Kittson and 10 more	6 hr
May 27, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall	46 min
May 27, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman	37 min
May 27, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Mahnomen	34 min
May 27, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville	32 min
May 27, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	48 min
May 27, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	46 min
May 28, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown and 54 more	6 hr
May 28, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	34 min
May 28, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott	64 min
May 28, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sibley	30 min
May 28, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	64 min
May 28, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	46 min
May 28, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice	64 min
May 28, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Wabasha	53 min
May 28, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge	53 min
May 28, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	30 min
May 28, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	57 min
May 28, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall	48 min
May 28, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pennington	31 min
May 28, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall	32 min
May 28, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson	34 min
May 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 45 more	6 hr
May 30, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Stearns	54 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti	59 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Mille Lacs	49 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton	49 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs	59 min
May 30, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Swift	55 min
May 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa	57 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	45 min
May 30, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	56 min
May 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	45 min
May 30, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	62 min
May 30, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Yellow Medicine	48 min
May 30, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	44 min
May 30, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	64 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Nobles, Rock	7 hr
May 30, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	51 min
May 30, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison	44 min
May 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Stearns	61 min
May 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood	61 min
May 30, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	34 min
May 30, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Yellow Medicine	34 min
May 30, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	59 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Wright	58 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	58 min
May 30, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Isanti	61 min
May 30, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 30 more	6 hr
May 30, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	34 min
May 30, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	37 min
May 30, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	32 min
May 30, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	44 min
May 30, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Scott	51 min
May 30, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Washington	46 min
May 30, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	46 min
May 30, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rice, Steele, Waseca	40 min
May 30, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	40 min
May 30, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge	63 min
May 30, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	63 min
May 30, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn	31 min
May 30, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more	6 hr
May 30, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted	63 min
May 30, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	64 min
May 31, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston	63 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	166
Tornado Warning	15
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	11
Tornado Watch	6

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

47 more counties

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.