Alert archive / Minnesota / 2003
Weather alerts in Minnesota, August 2003
71 weather alerts in August 2003, 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 71
- Warnings
- 48
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 25, 200315 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 116 min |
| Aug 10, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Brown, Cass, Chippewa and 30 more | 118 min |
| Aug 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Mower | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chisago, Goodhue, Houston, Pine, Wabasha, Washington and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mower | 90 min |
| Aug 20, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Itasca, Kanabec, Lake and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 54 min |
| Aug 20, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Aug 20, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Itasca, Kanabec, Lake and 3 more | 113 min |
| Aug 20, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis | 53 min |
| Aug 20, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 86 min | |
| Aug 20, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 79 min | |
| Aug 20, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 2 hr | |
| Aug 20, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 118 min | |
| Aug 20, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 118 min | |
| Aug 20, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 15 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin and 8 more | 119 min |
| Aug 24, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 11:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing and 13 more | 117 min |
| Aug 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods and 5 more | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Traverse, Wilkin and 1 more | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Marshall and 4 more | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Roseau | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 10:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis | 58 min |
| Aug 25, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 67 min | |
| Aug 26, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 59 min | |
| Aug 26, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 59 min | |
| Aug 28, 5:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and 7 more | 118 min |
| Aug 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 59 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 | 37 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 17 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County12
- Itasca County9
- Houston County8
- Jackson County7
- Mower County7
- Aitkin County7
- Roseau County7
- Cottonwood County6
- Murray County6
- Carlton County6
- Clearwater County5
- Beltrami County5
- Nobles County5
- Pipestone County5
- Martin County5
- Fillmore County5
- Pine County5
- Lake County5
- Kittson County5
- Freeborn County4
- Lincoln County4
- Lyon County4
- Rock County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Chisago County4
- Washington County4
- Kanabec County4
- Koochiching County4
- Polk County3
- Cass County3
- Chippewa County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Morrison County3
- Stearns County3
- Todd County3
- Watonwan County3
- Wabasha County3
- Winona County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Waseca County3
42 more counties
- Faribault County3
- Marshall County3
- Pennington County3
- Red Lake County3
- Big Stone County2
- Brown County2
- Douglas County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Pope County2
- Redwood County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Traverse County2
- Wadena County2
- Wilkin County2
- Dodge County2
- Olmsted County2
- Steele County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Becker County1
- Clay County1
- Grant County1
- Hubbard County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Meeker County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Renville County1
- Dakota County1
- Goodhue County1
- Cook County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Nicollet County1
- Sibley County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Ramsey County1
- Sherburne County1
- Wright 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.