Alert archive / Minnesota / 2011
Weather alerts in Minnesota, April 2011
148 weather alerts in April 2011, 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 April 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 148
- Warnings
- 79
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest day
- April 10, 201155 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 10:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Todd | 10 days |
| Apr 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 37 days |
| Apr 1, 10:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 56 days |
| Apr 2, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Washington | 49 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Norman | 41 days |
| Apr 2, 10:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 53 days |
| Apr 2, 2:59 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 44 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:05 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 56 hr | |
| Apr 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Polk, Red Lake | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Norman | 5 days |
| Apr 2, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Norman | 19 days |
| Apr 2, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 3:58 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 11 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 15 more | 38 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall | 63 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 28 days |
| Apr 3, 3:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 7 days |
| Apr 3, 3:29 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 13 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 13 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 16 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 10 days |
| Apr 4, 11:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Washington | 10 days |
| Apr 4, 11:36 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, McLeod, Nicollet and 5 more | 5 days |
| Apr 4, 9:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Traverse | 3 days |
| Apr 6, 7:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Roseau | 4 days |
| Apr 6, 11:47 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DLH | Aitkin | 29 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:47 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DLH | Crow Wing, Morrison | 50 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 10 days |
| Apr 8, 10:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 5 days |
| Apr 8, 11:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Traverse | 60 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DLH | Crow Wing, Morrison | 8 days |
| Apr 9, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 10:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 13 days |
| Apr 9, 11:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 1:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 4 days |
| Apr 9, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn and 19 more | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 10:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Houston | 62 min |
| Apr 9, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 11:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Pine | 43 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 1:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 19 more | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 1:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 22 min |
| Apr 10, 3:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 55 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 22 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 22 min |
| Apr 10, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 12:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 37 days |
| Apr 10, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chisago, Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 2:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville and 2 more | 72 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Traverse | 48 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 72 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Houston | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 40 min | |
| Apr 10, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 52 min | |
| Apr 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 25 min | |
| Apr 10, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 53 min | |
| Apr 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 39 min | |
| Apr 10, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 12:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 15 hr | |
| Apr 11, 5:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall | 16 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Norman | 24 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Roseau | 47 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:47 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 57 hr | |
| Apr 13, 1:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 3 days |
| Apr 13, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 3 days |
| Apr 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 72 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Sibley, Wright | 5 days |
| Apr 13, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 5 days |
| Apr 14, 3:24 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 36 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:13 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 38 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Gale Warning | DLH | 42 hr | |
| Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 3 days | |
| Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 20 days |
| Apr 15, 3:56 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Jackson | 11 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:44 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 23 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 31 days |
| Apr 16, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 109 days |
| Apr 18, 3:52 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:09 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 4 days |
| Apr 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 30 hr | |
| Apr 18, 9:49 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:49 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 24 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:40 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 48 hr | |
| Apr 26, 3:21 AM CDT | Gale Warning | DLH | 18 hr | |
| Apr 26, 3:21 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 55 hr | |
| Apr 26, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 6 days |
| Apr 27, 9:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Otter Tail | 7 days |
| Apr 29, 3:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 15 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:09 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 15 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:24 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 19 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 39 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 42 hr | |
| Apr 30, 11:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 32 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 | 23 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 17 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 19 |
| River Flood Warning | 25 |
| River Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| River Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 14 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fillmore County15
- Houston County14
- Marshall County13
- Lake County13
- Kittson County12
- Saint Louis County12
- Redwood County12
- Lyon County12
- Polk County11
- Brown County11
- Nicollet County11
- Cook County10
- Norman County10
- Freeborn County10
- Sibley County10
- Yellow Medicine County10
- Murray County10
- Pipestone County10
- Mower County10
- Olmsted County10
- Winona County10
- Blue Earth County9
- Renville County9
- Jackson County9
- Nobles County9
- Wabasha County9
- Itasca County8
- Chippewa County8
- Faribault County8
- Le Sueur County8
- Steele County8
- Waseca County8
- Cottonwood County8
- Lincoln County8
- Rock County8
- Traverse County7
- Lac qui Parle County7
- Martin County7
- Watonwan County7
- Clay County7
41 more counties
- Otter Tail County7
- Dodge County7
- Goodhue County7
- Carver County7
- McLeod County7
- Rice County7
- Beltrami County6
- Roseau County6
- Wilkin County6
- Swift County6
- Dakota County6
- Pennington County5
- Red Lake County5
- Washington County5
- Aitkin County5
- Becker County5
- Grant County5
- Scott County5
- Hennepin County5
- Clearwater County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Koochiching County4
- Big Stone County4
- Mahnomen County4
- Carlton County3
- Stevens County3
- Wright County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Anoka County3
- Ramsey County3
- Pine County3
- Chisago County3
- Todd County2
- Cass County2
- Hubbard County2
- Douglas County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Pope County2
- Stearns County2
- Morrison County2
- Meeker 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.