Alert archive / Minnesota / 2005
Weather alerts in Minnesota, August 2005
158 weather alerts in August 2005, 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 158
- Warnings
- 117
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 3
- Busiest day
- August 9, 200550 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 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 9 more | 117 min |
| Aug 3, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 1:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Big Stone, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas and 12 more | 92 min |
| Aug 3, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 2:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 10 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 1:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 89 min |
| Aug 3, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 30 min | |
| Aug 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Pipestone | 90 min |
| Aug 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lincoln and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lincoln and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 10:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray and 5 more | 88 min |
| Aug 3, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 10:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 25 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 18 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 19 more | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 4:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 25 more | 114 min |
| Aug 8, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Wright | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 19 min |
| Aug 8, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 9:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 34 more | 90 min |
| Aug 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 84 min |
| Aug 8, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Wilkin | 97 min |
| Aug 9, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 2:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 10 more | 114 min |
| Aug 9, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 5:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carlton, Pine | 115 min |
| Aug 9, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 67 min | |
| Aug 9, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 68 min | |
| Aug 9, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 29 min | |
| Aug 9, 11:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur and 11 more | 95 min |
| Aug 9, 11:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti and 11 more | 84 min |
| Aug 9, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 73 min |
| Aug 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 70 min |
| Aug 9, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 94 min |
| Aug 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 11:42 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns and 3 more | 113 min |
| Aug 16, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Crow Wing, Dakota and 19 more | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 10:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 12 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas and 10 more | 87 min |
| Aug 17, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 59 min | |
| Aug 17, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman and 2 more | 117 min |
| Aug 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall | 13 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 7 more | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 8 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 96 min |
| Aug 19, 5:23 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Douglas and 25 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 1:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 3 more | 115 min |
| Aug 25, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 11 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Traverse | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Otter Tail, Todd, Wadena, Wilkin | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 65 min |
| Aug 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens and 2 more | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 55 min |
| Aug 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pope | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Swift | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Swift | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 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 | 90 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 16 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Otter Tail County20
- Wilkin County19
- Nicollet County15
- Stearns County15
- Wadena County14
- Douglas County14
- Grant County14
- Morrison County14
- Todd County14
- McLeod County14
- Sibley County14
- Brown County13
- Pine County13
- Carver County13
- Dakota County13
- Hennepin County13
- Wright County13
- Mille Lacs County12
- Meeker County12
- Scott County12
- Washington County12
- Martin County11
- Redwood County11
- Watonwan County11
- Benton County11
- Crow Wing County10
- Pope County10
- Traverse County10
- Jackson County10
- Kandiyohi County10
- Blue Earth County10
- Kanabec County10
- Anoka County10
- Ramsey County10
- Sherburne County10
- Hubbard County9
- Norman County9
- Renville County9
- Le Sueur County9
- Carlton County9
45 more counties
- Chisago County9
- Isanti County9
- Goodhue County9
- Becker County8
- Clay County8
- Aitkin County8
- Cottonwood County8
- Faribault County8
- Fillmore County8
- Mower County8
- Waseca County8
- Stevens County7
- Swift County7
- Houston County7
- Rice County7
- Dodge County7
- Clearwater County6
- Mahnomen County6
- Murray County6
- Nobles County6
- Freeborn County6
- Olmsted County6
- Steele County6
- Wabasha County6
- Beltrami County5
- Cass County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Pipestone County5
- Chippewa County5
- Lyon County5
- Rock County5
- Winona County5
- Polk County4
- Big Stone County4
- Lincoln County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Red Lake County3
- Marshall County2
- Lake County2
- Kittson County1
- Pennington County1
- Cook County1
- Itasca County1
- Lake of the Woods 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.