Alert archive / Minnesota / 2002
Weather alerts in Minnesota, April 2002
85 weather alerts in April 2002, 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 April 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 85
- Warnings
- 81
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 18, 200251 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 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 13, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown and 48 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 67 min |
| Apr 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 64 min | |
| Apr 18, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 50 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 18 min |
| Apr 18, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 22 min |
| Apr 18, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 13 min |
| Apr 18, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 14 min |
| Apr 18, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 77 min |
| Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 67 min |
| Apr 18, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 88 min |
| Apr 23, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 26 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 | 79 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wright County9
- McLeod County7
- Meeker County6
- Renville County6
- Stearns County6
- Carver County6
- Hennepin County6
- Lincoln County5
- Blue Earth County5
- Chippewa County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Nicollet County5
- Sibley County5
- Fillmore County5
- Isanti County5
- Mower County5
- Olmsted County5
- Washington County5
- Winona County5
- Benton County4
- Brown County4
- Douglas County4
- Faribault County4
- Lyon County4
- Marshall County4
- Martin County4
- Pipestone County4
- Todd County4
- Watonwan County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Anoka County4
- Dakota County4
- Houston County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Ramsey County4
- Scott County4
- Sherburne County4
- Rock County3
- Big Stone County3
- Cass County3
46 more counties
- Cottonwood County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Grant County3
- Jackson County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Morrison County3
- Nobles County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Pennington County3
- Polk County3
- Pope County3
- Redwood County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Aitkin County3
- Itasca County3
- Chisago County3
- Freeborn County3
- Wabasha County3
- Waseca County3
- Koochiching County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clay County2
- Hubbard County2
- Murray County2
- Norman County2
- Red Lake County2
- Traverse County2
- Wadena County2
- Dodge County2
- Goodhue County2
- Kanabec County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Pine County2
- Rice County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Steele County2
- Becker County1
- Clearwater County1
- Kittson County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Roseau County1
- Wilkin County1
- Carlton County1
- Lake 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.