Weather alerts in Minnesota, December 2012

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2012. Tap one for its archive.

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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
Dec 1, 3:03 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele	21 hr
Dec 1, 3:03 PM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more	21 hr
Dec 1, 3:38 PM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	16 hr
Dec 1, 8:16 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Pine and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 1, 8:49 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles	7 hr
Dec 1, 8:57 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	17 hr
Dec 2, 12:23 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	8 hr
Dec 2, 12:58 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 6 more	10 hr
Dec 2, 3:41 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		60 hr
Dec 2, 5:57 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	15 hr
Dec 2, 9:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	5 hr
Dec 5, 3:35 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		41 hr
Dec 7, 4:08 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	24 hr
Dec 7, 4:12 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	12 hr
Dec 7, 4:18 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 29 more	23 hr
Dec 7, 4:18 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur and 8 more	16 hr
Dec 7, 3:07 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 6 more	13 hr
Dec 7, 3:45 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	68 hr
Dec 7, 3:45 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis	48 hr
Dec 7, 3:49 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 26 more	56 hr
Dec 8, 3:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 12 more	45 hr
Dec 8, 3:44 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	12 hr
Dec 8, 3:53 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	44 hr
Dec 8, 4:02 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	38 hr
Dec 8, 4:02 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	23 hr
Dec 8, 4:35 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin	35 hr
Dec 8, 4:35 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 6 more	35 hr
Dec 8, 2:34 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	33 hr
Dec 8, 3:18 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		49 hr
Dec 8, 3:18 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone	30 hr
Dec 8, 3:18 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	30 hr
Dec 8, 3:36 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	MPX	Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, McLeod and 9 more	32 hr
Dec 8, 5:58 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 10 more	4 hr
Dec 8, 9:41 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Kittson, Marshall	14 hr
Dec 9, 3:22 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 9 more	19 hr
Dec 9, 8:58 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray	12 hr
Dec 9, 9:01 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	12 hr
Dec 9, 9:17 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope and 7 more	12 hr
Dec 10, 9:52 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
Dec 11, 10:16 AM CST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	DLH	Cook	3 hr
Dec 12, 3:39 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		12 hr
Dec 13, 7:48 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	13 hr
Dec 13, 9:37 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti and 15 more	10 hr
Dec 14, 3:39 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	38 hr
Dec 14, 3:42 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	38 hr
Dec 14, 4:37 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 11 more	43 hr
Dec 14, 3:03 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	36 hr
Dec 14, 3:28 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail and 2 more	29 hr
Dec 14, 3:31 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		30 hr
Dec 14, 7:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Kittson, Marshall	12 hr
Dec 15, 4:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Lyon, Yellow Medicine	5 hr
Dec 15, 5:59 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	5 hr
Dec 15, 6:18 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	4 hr
Dec 15, 9:24 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hubbard, Itasca	4 hr
Dec 15, 8:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Houston, Wabasha, Winona	6 hr
Dec 17, 11:50 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona	40 hr
Dec 18, 5:11 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Jackson, Nobles, Rock	7 hr
Dec 18, 3:52 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles	44 hr
Dec 18, 5:50 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Martin	10 hr
Dec 19, 4:03 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona	44 hr
Dec 19, 4:03 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	44 hr
Dec 19, 4:03 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Wabasha	7 hr
Dec 19, 4:19 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice, Steele and 1 more	38 hr
Dec 19, 4:19 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Goodhue, Steele	8 hr
Dec 19, 11:59 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Dakota, Le Sueur, Scott, Washington, Watonwan	30 hr
Dec 19, 3:06 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca	27 hr
Dec 19, 3:34 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		52 hr
Dec 20, 3:12 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston	4 hr
Dec 20, 3:58 PM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		12 hr
Dec 23, 3:45 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		6 hr
Dec 24, 3:05 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	33 hr
Dec 24, 3:31 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	30 hr
Dec 24, 3:59 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	32 hr
Dec 24, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 11 more	30 hr
Dec 24, 4:10 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	32 hr
Dec 26, 2:48 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more	45 hr
Dec 26, 3:31 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	36 hr
Dec 27, 10:41 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	47 hr
Dec 28, 9:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	9 hr
Dec 30, 3:21 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	18 hr
Dec 30, 3:38 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
Dec 30, 3:39 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	18 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
Mesoscale Discussion	4
Winter
Blizzard Warning	5
Ice Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Warning	7
Winter Storm Watch	6
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	21
Cold
Wind Chill Advisory	12
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	12
Freezing Fog Advisory	2
Marine
Gale Warning	1
Small Craft Advisory	9

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.