Alert archive / Minnesota / 2008
Weather alerts in Minnesota, August 2008
119 weather alerts in August 2008, 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 119
- Warnings
- 75
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest day
- August 13, 200824 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, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 10 more | 92 min |
| Aug 3, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 42 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 20 min |
| Aug 3, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 67 min |
| Aug 4, 1:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dakota, Goodhue, Wabasha, Washington | 89 min |
| Aug 4, 3:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:54 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:56 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:18 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 12:43 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 9 hr | |
| Aug 11, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 19 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 9:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 8 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 25 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 25 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Itasca | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 22 min |
| Aug 12, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 3:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:37 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Freeborn, Goodhue and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:01 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 71 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 9:53 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 12 hr | |
| Aug 14, 2:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Olmsted | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 22 min |
| Aug 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Traverse, Wilkin | 90 min |
| Aug 14, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 4:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 3 days |
| Aug 18, 3:36 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 41 hr | |
| Aug 21, 3:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 65 min |
| Aug 22, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 88 min |
| Aug 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 5 hr | |
| Aug 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing and 12 more | 117 min |
| Aug 22, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake, Pine | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 42 min | |
| Aug 22, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 12 min |
| Aug 22, 8:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 27 hr | |
| Aug 22, 9:06 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 18 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:17 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 14 hr | |
| Aug 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 2:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 37 more | 96 min |
| Aug 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 44 more | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 10:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Brown, Carlton and 37 more | 96 min |
| Aug 28, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 70 min | |
| Aug 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 74 min | |
| Aug 31, 3:29 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:46 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 15 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:28 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:00 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 5 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 | 61 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 3 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County13
- Murray County12
- Sherburne County12
- Isanti County12
- Jackson County11
- Pipestone County11
- Dakota County11
- Itasca County11
- Clay County11
- Cottonwood County10
- Nobles County10
- Stearns County10
- Chisago County10
- Lyon County10
- Pine County9
- Rock County9
- Brown County9
- Rice County9
- Wright County9
- Mille Lacs County9
- Anoka County9
- Goodhue County9
- Mower County8
- Nicollet County8
- Olmsted County8
- Hennepin County8
- Lincoln County8
- Washington County8
- Wilkin County8
- Carlton County8
- Blue Earth County7
- Dodge County7
- Fillmore County7
- Freeborn County7
- Le Sueur County7
- Sibley County7
- Steele County7
- Waseca County7
- Big Stone County7
- Benton County7
47 more counties
- Morrison County7
- Carver County7
- Meeker County7
- Scott County7
- Otter Tail County7
- Marshall County7
- Polk County7
- Lake County7
- Aitkin County7
- Koochiching County6
- Faribault County6
- Martin County6
- Kandiyohi County6
- Chippewa County6
- McLeod County6
- Ramsey County6
- Redwood County6
- Renville County6
- Yellow Medicine County6
- Cook County6
- Watonwan County5
- Kanabec County5
- Wabasha County5
- Douglas County5
- Pope County5
- Swift County5
- Grant County5
- Kittson County5
- Norman County5
- Red Lake County5
- Becker County5
- Winona County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Stevens County4
- Todd County4
- Traverse County4
- Wadena County4
- Cass County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Mahnomen County4
- Pennington County4
- Clearwater County4
- Hubbard County4
- Houston County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Beltrami County2
- Roseau County2
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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.