Alert archive / Minnesota / 2002
Weather alerts in Minnesota, September 2002
80 weather alerts in September 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 September 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 80
- Warnings
- 71
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- September 1, 200235 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 31, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 67 min | |
| Sep 1, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Pine | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 5:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Pine | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pine, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 7:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Pine | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 50 min |
| Sep 2, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 58 min |
| Sep 2, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 8:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 9:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 85 min | |
| Sep 2, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 94 min | |
| Sep 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 62 min |
| Sep 5, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Sherburne | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 12:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 52 min |
| Sep 18, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 46 min |
| Sep 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Carlton, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 46 min |
| Sep 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 2 hr | |
| Sep 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 2 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 | 52 |
| Tornado Warning | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pine County9
- Clay County8
- Morrison County6
- Todd County6
- Wright County6
- Anoka County5
- Benton County5
- Sherburne County5
- Kittson County4
- Polk County4
- Kanabec County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Chisago County4
- Stearns County4
- Washington County4
- Carlton County4
- Marshall County3
- Pennington County3
- Red Lake County3
- Roseau County3
- Norman County3
- Dakota County3
- Hennepin County3
- Isanti County3
- Meeker County3
- Ramsey County3
- Scott County3
- Sibley County3
- Aitkin County3
- Fillmore County3
- Goodhue County3
- Houston County3
- Wabasha County3
- Winona County3
- Clearwater County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Wilkin County2
- Carver County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- McLeod County2
35 more counties
- Renville County2
- Rock County2
- Dodge County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Rice County2
- Wadena County2
- Cass County2
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Beltrami County1
- Pope County1
- Chippewa County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Redwood County1
- Swift County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Martin County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Watonwan County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Becker 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.