Alert archive / Minnesota / 2011
Weather alerts in Minnesota, October 2011
68 weather alerts in October 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 October 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 68
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest day
- October 6, 201114 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 3 days | |
| Oct 3, 2:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more | 3 days |
| Oct 3, 2:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 3 days |
| Oct 4, 3:09 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 3 days |
| Oct 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 68 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 39 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 41 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Oct 5, 9:22 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 12 hr | |
| Oct 5, 4:22 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 54 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:03 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:26 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 38 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:04 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 29 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 53 hr | |
| Oct 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 29 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:17 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 13 hr | |
| Oct 7, 2:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:16 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 16 min |
| Oct 7, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass, Koochiching | 52 min |
| Oct 7, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 26 min |
| Oct 7, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 12 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 50 min |
| Oct 7, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 78 min |
| Oct 7, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Oct 7, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Oct 8, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 34 min |
| Oct 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 6 hr | |
| Oct 12, 12:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 64 min |
| Oct 12, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 67 min |
| Oct 12, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 50 min |
| Oct 12, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 43 min |
| Oct 12, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 21 min |
| Oct 12, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 13 min | |
| Oct 12, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 23 min | |
| Oct 12, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 25 min |
| Oct 12, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 3:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 36 hr | |
| Oct 13, 3:41 PM CDT | Gale Warning | DLH | 4 days | |
| Oct 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 37 min |
| Oct 14, 3:43 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Oct 15, 10:06 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 18 hr | |
| Oct 16, 11:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:41 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 37 hr | |
| Oct 19, 3:55 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 41 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:40 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 29 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 8 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 | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 28 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 10 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County12
- Kittson County8
- Marshall County8
- Norman County8
- Polk County8
- Koochiching County8
- Pine County8
- Clay County7
- Pennington County7
- Red Lake County7
- Roseau County7
- Wilkin County7
- Aitkin County7
- Carlton County7
- Cass County7
- Crow Wing County7
- Itasca County7
- Lake County7
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Becker County6
- Grant County6
- Mahnomen County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Anoka County5
- Dakota County5
- Hennepin County5
- Isanti County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Pope County5
- Ramsey County5
- Swift County5
- Big Stone County5
- Traverse County5
- Clearwater County5
- Washington County5
- Benton County4
- Carver County4
- Chippewa County4
- Douglas County4
- Kanabec County4
47 more counties
- McLeod County4
- Meeker County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Morrison County4
- Renville County4
- Scott County4
- Sherburne County4
- Sibley County4
- Stearns County4
- Stevens County4
- Todd County4
- Wright County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Beltrami County4
- Hubbard County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Wadena County4
- Chisago County4
- Cook County4
- Blue Earth County3
- Brown County3
- Faribault County3
- Freeborn County3
- Goodhue County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Martin County3
- Nicollet County3
- Redwood County3
- Rice County3
- Steele County3
- Waseca County3
- Watonwan County3
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Houston County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.