Alert archive / Minnesota / 2008
Weather alerts in Minnesota, February 2008
100 weather alerts in February 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 February 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 100
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 75
- Busiest day
- February 13, 200812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:30 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:31 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:14 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:23 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:21 PM CST | Snow Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:39 PM CST | Snow Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 30 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 15 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:49 PM CST | Snow Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 19 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:51 PM CST | Snow Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:38 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Rock | 17 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 4 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:24 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:47 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:54 AM CST | Wind Chill Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:27 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:09 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:09 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:26 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:28 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:37 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:43 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 47 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:32 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:50 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:33 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 22 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:12 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:36 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:41 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:52 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:58 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:44 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 20 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:41 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Becker, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:41 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 20 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:43 PM CST | Snow Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:52 AM CST | Snow Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:23 AM CST | Snow Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Redwood and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:56 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:04 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:45 AM CST | Snow Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 18 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:57 AM CST | Snow Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Marshall, Pennington and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:32 AM CST | Snow Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 20 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:18 PM CST | Heavy Snow Warning | ARX | Houston | 30 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:18 PM CST | Snow Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 8 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:37 PM CST | Heavy Snow Warning | DLH | Pine | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:16 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:30 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:39 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 25 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:02 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Houston | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 9:47 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:25 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:17 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 25 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:58 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:40 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:56 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 18, 6:37 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:32 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:33 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:49 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:56 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:59 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:00 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 19, 10:13 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:34 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:36 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DLH | Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 19, 7:09 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 9 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:26 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:08 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:14 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:43 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:18 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:29 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 91 min |
| Feb 24, 3:08 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 31 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:30 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 17 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:31 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:45 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:58 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 26 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:30 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 7 hr |
| Feb 29, 12:41 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Blizzard Watch | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Snow Advisory | 11 |
| Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 20 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 10 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 24 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 12 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fillmore County17
- Houston County17
- Becker County16
- Clay County16
- Dodge County15
- Mower County15
- Olmsted County15
- Norman County15
- Otter Tail County15
- Jackson County14
- Winona County14
- Cass County14
- Crow Wing County14
- Saint Louis County14
- Big Stone County14
- Traverse County14
- Grant County14
- Marshall County14
- Polk County14
- Wilkin County14
- Blue Earth County13
- Faribault County13
- Martin County13
- Watonwan County13
- Wabasha County13
- Aitkin County13
- Carlton County13
- Lincoln County13
- Nobles County13
- Pipestone County13
- Kittson County13
- Mahnomen County13
- Pennington County13
- Red Lake County13
- Brown County12
- Steele County12
- Pine County12
- Cottonwood County12
- Lyon County12
- Murray County12
47 more counties
- Rock County12
- Roseau County12
- Freeborn County11
- Rice County11
- Waseca County11
- Clearwater County11
- Wadena County11
- Le Sueur County10
- Nicollet County10
- Lake County10
- Anoka County10
- Benton County10
- Chisago County10
- Dakota County10
- Douglas County10
- Goodhue County10
- Kanabec County10
- Kandiyohi County10
- Mille Lacs County10
- Morrison County10
- Pope County10
- Sherburne County10
- Stearns County10
- Stevens County10
- Swift County10
- Todd County10
- Itasca County10
- Beltrami County10
- Hubbard County10
- Cook County9
- Carver County9
- Hennepin County9
- Isanti County9
- Ramsey County9
- Scott County9
- Washington County9
- Chippewa County8
- Lac qui Parle County8
- Meeker County8
- Redwood County8
- Sibley County8
- Wright County8
- Koochiching County8
- Lake of the Woods County8
- McLeod County7
- Renville County7
- Yellow Medicine County7
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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.