Alert archive / Minnesota / 2004
Weather alerts in Minnesota, April 2004
159 weather alerts in April 2004, 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 159
- Warnings
- 130
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 18, 2004115 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 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston and 8 more | 114 min |
| Apr 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Nobles | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 57 min |
| Apr 17, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 58 min |
| Apr 17, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 9:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more | 119 min |
| Apr 17, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 85 min |
| Apr 17, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 83 min |
| Apr 17, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 11:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Grant, Jackson, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 95 min |
| Apr 17, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 11:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more | 85 min |
| Apr 17, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 20 min |
| Apr 18, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 55 min |
| Apr 18, 2:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Carlton and 40 more | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 4:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 15 more | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 8:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas and 6 more | 86 min |
| Apr 18, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 54 min | |
| Apr 18, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Carver and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 55 min |
| Apr 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing and 12 more | 117 min |
| Apr 18, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 21 min |
| Apr 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 15 more | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 60 min | |
| Apr 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Rock | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 89 min | |
| Apr 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 89 min | |
| Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brown, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 6 more | 115 min |
| Apr 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur and 7 more | 92 min |
| Apr 18, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 93 min |
| Apr 28, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas and 13 more | 85 min |
| Apr 28, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Crow Wing, Kanabec, Lake and 5 more | 89 min |
| Apr 28, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 89 min | |
| Apr 28, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 60 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 | 105 |
| Tornado Warning | 19 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 19 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County16
- Faribault County14
- Kanabec County14
- Freeborn County13
- Martin County12
- Lincoln County12
- Isanti County12
- Pine County12
- Lake County12
- Steele County11
- Sherburne County11
- Crow Wing County11
- Mille Lacs County11
- Morrison County11
- Dodge County10
- Waseca County10
- Lyon County10
- Brown County10
- Chisago County10
- Aitkin County10
- Carlton County10
- Todd County10
- Fillmore County9
- Mower County9
- Olmsted County9
- Nobles County9
- Blue Earth County9
- Dakota County9
- Carver County9
- Wright County9
- Benton County9
- Cass County9
- Goodhue County8
- Rice County8
- Wabasha County8
- Jackson County8
- Watonwan County8
- Rock County8
- Cottonwood County8
- Pope County8
35 more counties
- Stearns County8
- Anoka County8
- Hennepin County8
- Ramsey County8
- Washington County8
- Houston County7
- Winona County7
- Kandiyohi County7
- Murray County7
- Pipestone County7
- Redwood County7
- Stevens County7
- Meeker County7
- Le Sueur County7
- Scott County7
- Nicollet County7
- Douglas County7
- Wadena County7
- Itasca County7
- Chippewa County6
- Grant County6
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Yellow Medicine County6
- McLeod County6
- Sibley County6
- Renville County5
- Swift County5
- Traverse County5
- Otter Tail County5
- Cook County5
- Big Stone County4
- Hubbard County3
- Becker County1
- Clearwater County1
- Koochiching 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.