Weather alerts in Minnesota, December 2010

131 weather alerts in December 2010, 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 December 2010. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 131
Warnings: 38
Watches: 22
Advisories: 58
Busiest day: December 10, 201018 alerts

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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
Dec 2, 3:20 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more	12 hr
Dec 2, 3:21 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	24 hr
Dec 2, 3:38 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	11 hr
Dec 2, 4:20 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	11 hr
Dec 2, 4:20 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	10 hr
Dec 2, 2:33 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	30 hr
Dec 2, 2:58 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	37 hr
Dec 2, 3:17 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 30 more	39 hr
Dec 2, 3:17 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 8 more	39 hr
Dec 2, 3:24 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 6 more	37 hr
Dec 3, 3:47 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine	26 hr
Dec 3, 3:48 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	38 hr
Dec 3, 10:13 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 12 more	4 hr
Dec 3, 11:28 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	12 hr
Dec 3, 5:50 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Steele	5 hr
Dec 4, 3:55 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		4 days
Dec 7, 10:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DLH	Crow Wing, Morrison	36 hr
Dec 8, 3:51 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	29 hr
Dec 9, 9:32 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		30 hr
Dec 9, 3:00 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 22 more	14 hr
Dec 9, 3:34 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Pine	14 hr
Dec 9, 3:35 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray	13 hr
Dec 9, 3:50 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	24 hr
Dec 10, 4:16 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	38 hr
Dec 10, 4:16 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	54 hr
Dec 10, 4:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more	29 hr
Dec 10, 4:27 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	8 hr
Dec 10, 5:02 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 28 more	49 hr
Dec 10, 5:02 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope, Stevens and 3 more	43 hr
Dec 10, 5:24 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis	3 days
Dec 10, 5:24 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Saint Louis	34 hr
Dec 10, 11:18 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	31 hr
Dec 10, 12:28 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	39 hr
Dec 10, 12:28 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	10 hr
Dec 10, 1:57 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Faribault and 20 more	43 hr
Dec 10, 3:12 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	DLH	Crow Wing, Morrison	24 hr
Dec 10, 3:37 PM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		48 hr
Dec 10, 3:37 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		3 days
Dec 10, 4:09 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	17 hr
Dec 10, 4:09 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	12 hr
Dec 10, 4:40 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 19 more	4 hr
Dec 10, 6:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 20 more	5 hr
Dec 10, 11:08 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	35 hr
Dec 11, 1:47 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 39 more	6 hr
Dec 11, 9:56 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 14 more	5 hr
Dec 11, 1:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more	6 hr
Dec 11, 3:12 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles	24 hr
Dec 11, 3:12 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock	21 hr
Dec 11, 3:18 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 9 more	13 hr
Dec 11, 3:20 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	20 hr
Dec 11, 3:24 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	21 hr
Dec 11, 4:13 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine	20 hr
Dec 11, 4:13 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 31 more	20 hr
Dec 11, 6:49 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston	5 hr
Dec 12, 9:59 AM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	DLH		20 hr
Dec 12, 10:01 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	25 hr
Dec 12, 2:48 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles	9 hr
Dec 12, 3:35 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	20 hr
Dec 12, 3:59 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	17 hr
Dec 14, 3:13 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin	42 hr
Dec 15, 3:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	36 hr
Dec 15, 3:29 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more	36 hr
Dec 15, 3:39 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	17 hr
Dec 15, 11:30 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Le Sueur, McLeod and 13 more	14 hr
Dec 15, 8:42 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	11 hr
Dec 18, 3:36 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
Dec 19, 3:28 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 21 more	11 hr
Dec 19, 3:42 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	12 hr
Dec 19, 3:42 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine	12 hr
Dec 19, 3:54 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	12 hr
Dec 19, 4:13 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 9 more	24 hr
Dec 19, 2:12 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 32 more	38 hr
Dec 19, 2:12 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur and 7 more	22 hr
Dec 19, 2:46 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 6 more	39 hr
Dec 19, 3:07 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	24 hr
Dec 19, 3:17 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	21 hr
Dec 19, 3:42 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	44 hr
Dec 19, 3:42 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Mower	44 hr
Dec 19, 3:53 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	56 hr
Dec 20, 4:11 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 1 more	26 hr
Dec 20, 4:25 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis	43 hr
Dec 20, 11:59 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	6 hr
Dec 20, 12:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan	12 hr
Dec 21, 3:49 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Washington	12 hr
Dec 22, 2:18 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	49 hr
Dec 22, 2:19 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	38 hr
Dec 23, 3:32 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	38 hr
Dec 23, 3:39 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Douglas and 26 more	32 hr
Dec 23, 4:32 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Grant, Wilkin	23 hr
Dec 25, 10:48 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	9 hr
Dec 27, 7:48 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		44 hr
Dec 28, 5:19 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	35 hr
Dec 28, 9:46 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Cass, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	18 hr
Dec 29, 3:41 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	36 hr
Dec 29, 4:07 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		17 hr
Dec 29, 4:11 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	11 hr
Dec 29, 4:59 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 8 more	34 hr
Dec 29, 4:59 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more	47 hr
Dec 29, 11:04 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	39 hr
Dec 29, 11:33 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	15 hr
Dec 29, 3:06 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	36 hr
Dec 29, 3:06 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	21 hr
Dec 29, 3:07 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	24 hr
Dec 29, 3:27 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Rock	69 hr
Dec 29, 3:50 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 4 more	37 hr
Dec 29, 3:50 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	36 hr
Dec 29, 3:50 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	50 hr
Dec 29, 3:53 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis	68 hr
Dec 29, 3:53 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 2 more	62 hr
Dec 29, 4:27 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Pine	11 hr
Dec 30, 4:05 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	FGF	Clay, Wilkin	24 hr
Dec 30, 11:06 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Todd and 1 more	8 hr
Dec 30, 11:35 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Big Stone, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas and 13 more	5 hr
Dec 30, 12:16 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 10 more	16 hr
Dec 30, 12:31 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	15 hr
Dec 30, 12:31 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	15 hr
Dec 30, 2:53 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 8 more	33 hr
Dec 30, 2:53 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 29 more	45 hr
Dec 30, 3:13 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	24 hr
Dec 30, 3:45 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	44 hr
Dec 30, 5:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Grant and 8 more	4 hr
Dec 30, 6:36 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more	9 hr
Dec 30, 9:37 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		18 hr
Dec 30, 9:58 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	11 hr
Dec 31, 3:06 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	33 hr
Dec 31, 4:20 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	32 hr
Dec 31, 4:20 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena	32 hr
Dec 31, 11:22 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock	5 hr
Dec 31, 3:53 PM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		32 hr
Dec 31, 5:05 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman and 5 more	4 hr
Dec 31, 5:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	37 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
Mesoscale Discussion	12
Special Weather Statement	1
Flooding
River Flood Warning	1
River Flood Advisory	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	9
Winter Storm Warning	23
Blizzard Watch	2
Winter Storm Watch	20
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	34
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	2
Wind Chill Advisory	10
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	5
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	1
Small Craft Advisory	7

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.