Alert archive / Minnesota / 2011
Weather alerts in Minnesota, September 2011
116 weather alerts in September 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 September 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 116
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest day
- September 13, 201121 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, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau | 56 min |
| Sep 1, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 3:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods and 7 more | 65 min |
| Sep 1, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 4:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 5:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 6:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching and 1 more | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 8:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Isanti and 8 more | 93 min |
| Sep 1, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 64 min | |
| Sep 1, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 1:39 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 3:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Mower | 93 min |
| Sep 2, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 58 min |
| Sep 3, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 36 hr | |
| Sep 4, 3:36 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 11 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:04 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 65 hr | |
| Sep 12, 1:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 38 min |
| Sep 12, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 62 min |
| Sep 12, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 42 min |
| Sep 12, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 34 min |
| Sep 12, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 50 min |
| Sep 12, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 30 min |
| Sep 12, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 58 min |
| Sep 12, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 24 min |
| Sep 12, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 16 min |
| Sep 12, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 50 min | |
| Sep 12, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 13 min |
| Sep 12, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 26 min | |
| Sep 12, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 49 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 52 min | |
| Sep 13, 3:29 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Wadena | 11 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:29 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:42 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:54 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:05 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 41 hr | |
| Sep 13, 4:11 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:30 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 29 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:29 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 42 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 40 min | |
| Sep 13, 2:55 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 3:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:12 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 41 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 42 min |
| Sep 13, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 38 min |
| Sep 13, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Sep 13, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Sep 13, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 45 min |
| Sep 13, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 42 min |
| Sep 13, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 57 min |
| Sep 13, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 43 min |
| Sep 13, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook, Lake | 37 min |
| Sep 14, 3:34 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:37 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:20 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass | 47 min |
| Sep 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Sep 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass | 41 min |
| Sep 14, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 52 min |
| Sep 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 64 min |
| Sep 15, 11:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 21 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 18, 11:04 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 10 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:13 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:27 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 26 more | 35 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:03 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 31 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carlton, Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 58 min |
| Sep 20, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 55 min |
| Sep 20, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 41 min |
| Sep 20, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 3:31 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 23 hr | |
| Sep 21, 2:57 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 18 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:36 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 36 hr | |
| Sep 28, 1:54 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 9 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:57 AM CDT | Gale Watch | DLH | 11 hr | |
| Sep 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:04 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:24 PM CDT | Gale Warning | DLH | 29 hr | |
| Sep 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 29, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 18 min | |
| Sep 29, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 42 min | |
| Sep 29, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Sep 30, 3:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:53 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 12 hr | |
| Sep 30, 4:07 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Chisago, Dakota, Faribault and 17 more | 28 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 | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Special Weather Statement | 48 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Freeze Watch | 6 |
| Frost Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 1 |
| Special Marine Warning | 4 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County24
- Lake County24
- Itasca County15
- Cook County15
- Carlton County15
- Cass County13
- Polk County11
- Aitkin County11
- Marshall County10
- Koochiching County10
- Kittson County9
- Pennington County9
- Crow Wing County9
- Freeborn County9
- Beltrami County8
- Red Lake County8
- Roseau County8
- Faribault County8
- Fillmore County8
- Clearwater County7
- Norman County7
- Benton County7
- Morrison County7
- Pine County7
- Lake of the Woods County6
- Isanti County6
- Kanabec County6
- Mille Lacs County6
- Todd County6
- Mower County6
- Houston County6
- Martin County6
- Winona County6
- Mahnomen County5
- Hubbard County5
- Wadena County5
- Blue Earth County5
- Steele County5
- Waseca County5
- Anoka County5
47 more counties
- Chisago County5
- Clay County5
- Grant County5
- Otter Tail County5
- Wilkin County5
- Big Stone County5
- Traverse County5
- Cottonwood County5
- Jackson County5
- Nobles County5
- Le Sueur County5
- Rice County5
- Scott County5
- Sherburne County5
- Stearns County5
- Wright County5
- Dodge County4
- Olmsted County4
- Wabasha County4
- Becker County4
- Lincoln County4
- Lyon County4
- Murray County4
- Pipestone County4
- Brown County4
- Carver County4
- Chippewa County4
- Douglas County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- McLeod County4
- Meeker County4
- Nicollet County4
- Pope County4
- Redwood County4
- Renville County4
- Sibley County4
- Stevens County4
- Swift County4
- Watonwan County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Dakota County4
- Washington County4
- Rock County3
- Goodhue County3
- Hennepin County3
- Ramsey County3
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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.