Alert archive / Minnesota / 2001
Weather alerts in Minnesota, May 2001
110 weather alerts in May 2001, 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 110
- Warnings
- 100
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 10, 200129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 61 min |
| May 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 51 min |
| May 1, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 67 min |
| May 1, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 62 min |
| May 1, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 25 min |
| May 1, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 35 min |
| May 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Isanti, Itasca and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 39 min |
| May 1, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 40 min |
| May 1, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 47 min |
| May 1, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 42 min |
| May 1, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 48 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 62 min |
| May 1, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 55 min |
| May 1, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 23 min |
| May 1, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 62 min |
| May 1, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago | 41 min |
| May 1, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 42 min |
| May 1, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 51 min |
| May 1, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 29 min |
| May 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 30 min |
| May 1, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 65 min |
| May 1, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 40 min |
| May 1, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 39 min |
| May 1, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 24 min |
| May 1, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 48 min |
| May 1, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 63 min |
| May 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 30 min |
| May 1, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 46 min |
| May 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 39 min |
| May 1, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 57 min |
| May 1, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 50 min |
| May 1, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Winona | 58 min |
| May 6, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Waseca | 40 min |
| May 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 25 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 50 min |
| May 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Wright | 50 min |
| May 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 48 min |
| May 9, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 34 min |
| May 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 32 min |
| May 9, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 23 min |
| May 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 32 min |
| May 9, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 43 min |
| May 9, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 41 min |
| May 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 40 min |
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 51 min |
| May 9, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 31 min |
| May 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 64 min |
| May 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 34 min |
| May 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 61 min |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 57 min |
| May 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 61 min |
| May 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 44 min |
| May 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 44 min |
| May 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 36 min |
| May 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 48 min |
| May 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| May 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 39 min |
| May 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 35 min |
| May 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 35 min |
| May 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 63 min |
| May 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 46 min |
| May 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 31 min |
| May 9, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 59 min |
| May 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 24 min |
| May 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 50 min |
| May 9, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 36 min |
| May 9, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 34 min |
| May 9, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 30 min |
| May 9, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston | 5 hr |
| May 14, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 24 min |
| May 14, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 50 min |
| May 14, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 29 min |
| May 14, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 60 min |
| May 14, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 30 min |
| May 15, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 57 min |
| May 15, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington | 36 min |
| May 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 44 min |
| May 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 30 min |
| May 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 33 min |
| May 15, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 40 min |
| May 15, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 24 min |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 60 min |
| May 15, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 28 min |
| May 15, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 29 min |
| May 15, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 28 min |
| May 15, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 49 min |
| May 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 63 min |
| May 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 30 min |
| May 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 24 min |
| May 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 45 min |
| May 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 49 min |
| May 15, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 19 min |
| May 15, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 63 min |
| May 16, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 26 min |
| May 17, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 33 min |
| May 19, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 38 min |
| May 19, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 65 min |
| May 20, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 50 min |
| May 31, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more | 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 | 73 |
| Tornado Warning | 27 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County10
- Pine County9
- Carver County8
- Freeborn County8
- Mower County8
- Saint Louis County8
- Dakota County7
- Waseca County7
- Itasca County7
- Kanabec County7
- Beltrami County7
- Dodge County6
- Faribault County6
- Hennepin County6
- Scott County6
- Steele County6
- Wabasha County6
- Mille Lacs County6
- Pennington County6
- Anoka County5
- Fillmore County5
- Goodhue County5
- McLeod County5
- Olmsted County5
- Washington County5
- Winona County5
- Carlton County5
- Red Lake County5
- Blue Earth County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Ramsey County4
- Sibley County4
- Wright County4
- Cass County4
- Aitkin County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Chisago County4
- Isanti County4
- Becker County4
- Martin County3
30 more counties
- Rice County3
- Sherburne County3
- Houston County3
- Kittson County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Marshall County3
- Norman County3
- Morrison County3
- Clearwater County3
- Hubbard County3
- Roseau County3
- Koochiching County3
- Brown County2
- Nicollet County2
- Watonwan County2
- Lake County2
- Meeker County2
- Renville County2
- Clay County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Benton County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Cook County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Wilkin County1
- Stearns County1
- Wadena County1
- Swift 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.