Alert archive / Minnesota / 2008
Weather alerts in Minnesota, September 2008
83 weather alerts in September 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 September 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 83
- Warnings
- 45
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest day
- September 26, 200823 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker and 8 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:54 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 15 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 9 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson | 87 min |
| Sep 1, 5:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 9 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 46 min | |
| Sep 2, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 48 min |
| Sep 2, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 38 min | |
| Sep 2, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 45 min | |
| Sep 2, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 60 min | |
| Sep 2, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 54 min | |
| Sep 2, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 93 min |
| Sep 2, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 47 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:56 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 21 hr | |
| Sep 4, 3:30 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 24 hr | |
| Sep 8, 3:28 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 16 hr |
| Sep 11, 8:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Norman | 15 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:49 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stevens, Todd | 4 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Norman | 10 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:35 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 24 hr | |
| Sep 18, 3:18 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 24 hr | |
| Sep 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 57 min |
| Sep 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake | 50 min |
| Sep 20, 3:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 24 hr | |
| Sep 21, 3:33 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 11 hr | |
| Sep 22, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 14 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 54 min |
| Sep 22, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 39 min |
| Sep 23, 1:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more | 23 min |
| Sep 23, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 39 min |
| Sep 23, 1:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carlton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 50 min |
| Sep 23, 5:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 88 min | |
| Sep 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 26 min |
| Sep 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 61 min | |
| Sep 25, 3:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Clay, Cottonwood and 28 more | 87 min |
| Sep 25, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 55 min |
| Sep 25, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 18 min |
| Sep 26, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 66 min |
| Sep 26, 4:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Cass, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis and 1 more | 96 min |
| Sep 26, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 56 min |
| Sep 26, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Sep 26, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Sep 26, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Sep 26, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 55 min |
| Sep 26, 10:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 9 more | 90 min |
| Sep 26, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 53 min |
| Sep 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas and 19 more | 91 min |
| Sep 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 41 min |
| Sep 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 63 min |
| Sep 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 65 min |
| Sep 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Sep 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 45 min |
| Sep 26, 6:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 39 min |
| Sep 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Sep 26, 6:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca and 5 more | 61 min |
| Sep 26, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 88 min | |
| Sep 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 108 min |
| Sep 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 96 min | |
| Sep 26, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 51 min | |
| Sep 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 6 more | 116 min |
| Sep 28, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 4:11 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 64 hr | |
| Sep 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 10 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 | 28 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| River Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 11 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County23
- Itasca County16
- Cass County14
- Lake County12
- Otter Tail County11
- Crow Wing County11
- Koochiching County11
- Grant County10
- Wilkin County10
- Becker County9
- Wadena County9
- Carlton County9
- Aitkin County9
- Hubbard County8
- Kittson County8
- Norman County7
- Polk County7
- Douglas County6
- Todd County6
- Clay County6
- Marshall County6
- Pennington County6
- Red Lake County6
- Pine County6
- Cook County6
- Pope County5
- Mahnomen County5
- Morrison County5
- Stevens County4
- Nobles County4
- Big Stone County4
- Traverse County4
- Roseau County4
- Chippewa County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Meeker County3
- Stearns County3
- Swift County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Lincoln County3
45 more counties
- Lyon County3
- Beltrami County3
- Clearwater County3
- Brown County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Murray County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Goodhue County2
- Chisago County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- McLeod County2
- Sherburne County2
- Watonwan County2
- Wright County2
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Anoka County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Carver County1
- Dakota County1
- Faribault County1
- Hennepin County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Nicollet County1
- Ramsey County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sibley County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Washington County1
- Martin County1
- Benton County1
- Mille Lacs 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.