Alert archive / Minnesota / 2009
Weather alerts in Minnesota, May 2009
73 weather alerts in May 2009, 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 May 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 73
- Warnings
- 29
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest day
- May 5, 200910 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 3 days |
| May 5, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Pine | 41 min |
| May 5, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 48 min |
| May 5, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 43 min |
| May 5, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 41 min |
| May 5, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 51 min |
| May 5, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 56 min | |
| May 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 43 min | |
| May 5, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 38 min | |
| May 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 47 min | |
| May 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 47 min | |
| May 6, 1:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles and 3 more | 65 min |
| May 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clearwater | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 46 min |
| May 6, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clearwater | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| May 6, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 45 min |
| May 7, 3:59 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 5 hr | |
| May 11, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 34 min |
| May 12, 3:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 11 more | 16 hr |
| May 12, 3:34 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 17 hr |
| May 12, 4:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| May 12, 3:31 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 48 hr | |
| May 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 30 hr |
| May 12, 4:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 29 hr |
| May 12, 8:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 13 more | 93 min |
| May 13, 3:26 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 19 hr |
| May 13, 5:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 16 hr |
| May 13, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 40 min |
| May 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 60 min |
| May 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 45 min |
| May 13, 9:04 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 2 hr |
| May 15, 9:20 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 36 hr | |
| May 15, 1:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Beltrami, Benton, Brown, Cass, Chippewa and 28 more | 58 min |
| May 15, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Stearns | 67 min |
| May 15, 2:50 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 5 more | 18 hr |
| May 15, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 42 min |
| May 15, 3:23 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 30 hr | |
| May 15, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 66 min |
| May 15, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 49 min |
| May 15, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott | 43 min |
| May 16, 4:04 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 27 hr |
| May 16, 4:07 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Freeborn and 15 more | 27 hr |
| May 18, 3:50 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 48 hr | |
| May 18, 9:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 9 hr |
| May 18, 9:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more | 9 hr |
| May 18, 3:18 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 5 hr | |
| May 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more | 12 hr |
| May 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 28 hr |
| May 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 27 hr |
| May 19, 3:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 27 hr |
| May 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 12 hr |
| May 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 30 min |
| May 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 47 min | |
| May 20, 3:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more | 16 hr |
| May 20, 3:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 24 hr | |
| May 20, 4:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 15 hr |
| May 20, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| May 21, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 42 min |
| May 21, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 29 min |
| May 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 15 hr | |
| May 25, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 6 days |
| May 25, 10:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 66 hr |
| May 26, 10:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Roseau | 54 hr |
| May 29, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 19 more | 83 min |
| May 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 15 hr |
| May 29, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 30 min |
| May 30, 6:34 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| May 30, 2:25 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching and 3 more | 17 hr |
| May 31, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 43 min |
| May 31, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 51 min |
| May 31, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 42 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 | 14 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 6 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benton County8
- Kittson County7
- Aitkin County7
- Pine County7
- Saint Louis County7
- Kanabec County7
- Morrison County7
- Sherburne County7
- Murray County6
- Douglas County6
- Kandiyohi County6
- Yellow Medicine County6
- Cass County6
- Crow Wing County6
- Mille Lacs County6
- Isanti County6
- Carlton County5
- Brown County5
- Cottonwood County5
- Nobles County5
- Redwood County5
- Renville County5
- Clearwater County5
- Marshall County5
- Polk County5
- Chippewa County5
- Lincoln County5
- Lyon County5
- Pipestone County5
- Traverse County5
- Wilkin County5
- Meeker County5
- Todd County5
- Anoka County5
- Chisago County5
- Jackson County4
- Nicollet County4
- Watonwan County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Pope County4
47 more counties
- Sibley County4
- Stevens County4
- Swift County4
- Big Stone County4
- Rock County4
- Clay County4
- Norman County4
- Pennington County4
- Red Lake County4
- Stearns County4
- Becker County4
- Roseau County4
- Wright County4
- Cook County4
- Beltrami County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Faribault County3
- Martin County3
- Grant County3
- McLeod County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Wabasha County3
- Itasca County3
- Carver County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Scott County3
- Lake County3
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Hubbard County2
- Wadena County2
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Winona County2
- Dakota County2
- Freeborn County2
- Goodhue County2
- Hennepin County2
- Ramsey County2
- Rice County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Washington County2
- Koochiching County2
- Houston 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.