Alert archive / Minnesota / 2012
Weather alerts in Minnesota, September 2012
132 weather alerts in September 2012, 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 132
- Warnings
- 47
- Watches
- 26
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest day
- September 4, 201225 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 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 14 more | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Chippewa, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard, Itasca and 15 more | 96 min |
| Sep 3, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 5:55 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wabasha | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker, Wadena | 63 min |
| Sep 4, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Wadena | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 4:39 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 117 min |
| Sep 4, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 22 min |
| Sep 4, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carlton, Cook, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Sep 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 36 min | |
| Sep 4, 4:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Winona | 97 min |
| Sep 4, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Fillmore, Houston, Lake, Saint Louis, Winona | 66 min |
| Sep 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 34 min | |
| Sep 4, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 63 min |
| Sep 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Houston, Lake | 60 min |
| Sep 4, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 47 min |
| Sep 4, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 58 min |
| Sep 4, 9:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin and 1 more | 54 min |
| Sep 4, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 56 min |
| Sep 4, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 67 min |
| Sep 4, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 47 min |
| Sep 4, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Waseca | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 63 min |
| Sep 5, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 1:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and 3 more | 91 min |
| Sep 5, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 3:23 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 5 hr | |
| Sep 8, 3:40 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 36 hr | |
| Sep 8, 3:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 20 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 13 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 19 hr | |
| Sep 9, 11:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 34 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 58 hr | |
| Sep 9, 12:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 57 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:50 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 42 hr | |
| Sep 10, 3:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 30 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 14 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 28 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:27 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 15 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:25 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:16 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:03 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 9 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:53 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:02 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:19 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 17 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:51 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 12 hr | |
| Sep 15, 2:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Sep 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 30 hr | |
| Sep 17, 3:53 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:51 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 19 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:16 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti and 17 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:34 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 18 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:34 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 8 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Pine | 18 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 18, 11:59 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Sep 18, 1:23 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 14 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 13 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:03 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:40 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 42 hr | |
| Sep 19, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:39 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 13 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Sep 19, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing | 43 min |
| Sep 19, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 31 min |
| Sep 19, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 32 min |
| Sep 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 3:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:55 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:03 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:10 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:11 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 42 hr | |
| Sep 21, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 26 min |
| Sep 21, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing, Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Sep 21, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 59 min |
| Sep 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 80 min |
| Sep 21, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Lake | 62 min |
| Sep 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine | 13 min |
| Sep 22, 3:04 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 30 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:09 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:14 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:15 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 28 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:04 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 10 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:06 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:12 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 35 hr | |
| Sep 29, 9:48 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | 24 hr | |
| Sep 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 9 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:31 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 13 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 | 24 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 8 |
| Freeze Watch | 6 |
| Frost Advisory | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 13 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 16 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 2 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County19
- Lake County19
- Marshall County16
- Polk County16
- Clay County15
- Kittson County15
- Norman County15
- Pennington County14
- Red Lake County14
- Houston County14
- Winona County14
- Becker County13
- Carlton County13
- Blue Earth County13
- Faribault County13
- Martin County13
- Cook County12
- Aitkin County12
- Fillmore County12
- Watonwan County12
- Big Stone County11
- Lac qui Parle County11
- Mahnomen County11
- Roseau County11
- Traverse County11
- Wilkin County11
- Chippewa County11
- Koochiching County11
- Redwood County11
- Renville County11
- Yellow Medicine County11
- Stevens County10
- Crow Wing County10
- Kandiyohi County10
- Swift County10
- Pine County10
- Jackson County10
- Nobles County10
- Nicollet County10
- Brown County10
47 more counties
- Clearwater County9
- Douglas County9
- Cass County9
- Itasca County9
- Murray County9
- Pipestone County9
- Pope County9
- Wabasha County9
- Mower County9
- Olmsted County9
- Freeborn County9
- Sibley County9
- Grant County8
- Otter Tail County8
- Hubbard County8
- Wadena County8
- Cottonwood County8
- Rock County8
- Waseca County8
- Beltrami County8
- Lincoln County7
- Stearns County7
- Todd County7
- Dodge County7
- Steele County7
- Lake of the Woods County7
- Lyon County6
- Meeker County6
- Morrison County5
- Goodhue County5
- Le Sueur County5
- McLeod County5
- Scott County4
- Benton County4
- Chisago County4
- Isanti County4
- Kanabec County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Sherburne County4
- Anoka County3
- Carver County3
- Dakota County3
- Hennepin County3
- Ramsey County3
- Rice County3
- Washington County3
- Wright 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.