Weather alerts in Minnesota, January 2015

125 weather alerts in January 2015, 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 January 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 125
Warnings: 26
Watches: 11
Advisories: 87
Busiest day: January 3, 201517 alerts

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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
Jan 1, 4:21 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more	24 hr
Jan 1, 9:17 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		13 hr
Jan 1, 3:03 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Koochiching, Saint Louis	13 hr
Jan 2, 3:44 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	44 hr
Jan 2, 4:17 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more	35 hr
Jan 2, 4:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 4 more	35 hr
Jan 2, 3:25 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	69 hr
Jan 2, 3:27 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Cass, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis	47 hr
Jan 2, 3:54 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	68 hr
Jan 3, 3:38 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	54 hr
Jan 3, 3:38 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Chisago, Douglas, Faribault and 16 more	20 days
Jan 3, 3:44 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	29 hr
Jan 3, 4:19 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles	23 hr
Jan 3, 6:32 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		14 hr
Jan 3, 9:34 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Rock	11 hr
Jan 3, 9:35 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk	5 hr
Jan 3, 9:56 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	11 hr
Jan 3, 2:49 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more	45 hr
Jan 3, 2:49 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin	45 hr
Jan 3, 3:10 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted	37 hr
Jan 3, 3:33 PM CST	Wind Chill Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake and 2 more	12 hr
Jan 3, 3:33 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	44 hr
Jan 3, 3:33 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake and 2 more	23 hr
Jan 3, 3:36 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	37 hr
Jan 3, 3:44 PM CST	Wind Chill Watch	MPX	Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more	12 hr
Jan 3, 3:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 11 more	36 hr
Jan 3, 6:27 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan	7 hr
Jan 3, 6:27 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan	23 days
Jan 3, 6:28 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles	7 hr
Jan 3, 6:28 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles	9 hr
Jan 3, 8:05 PM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		8 hr
Jan 3, 8:05 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		49 hr
Jan 3, 9:52 PM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	DLH		12 hr
Jan 4, 3:56 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	32 hr
Jan 4, 3:58 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	MPX	Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more	26 hr
Jan 4, 3:15 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	30 hr
Jan 4, 3:16 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin, Watonwan	30 hr
Jan 5, 3:41 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Nicollet and 7 more	18 hr
Jan 5, 4:00 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted	19 hr
Jan 5, 6:20 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine	6 hr
Jan 5, 12:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	6 hr
Jan 5, 2:47 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	21 hr
Jan 5, 3:13 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	19 hr
Jan 5, 3:13 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	33 hr
Jan 5, 3:17 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	20 hr
Jan 5, 5:16 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	19 hr
Jan 5, 9:27 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 20 more	13 hr
Jan 6, 3:40 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	32 hr
Jan 6, 3:41 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	32 hr
Jan 6, 3:47 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	32 hr
Jan 6, 3:52 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	29 hr
Jan 6, 4:01 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		4 days
Jan 6, 4:06 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	32 hr
Jan 6, 4:25 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	31 hr
Jan 6, 4:25 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	47 hr
Jan 7, 3:36 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	12 hr
Jan 7, 3:38 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 8 more	25 hr
Jan 7, 4:36 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	23 hr
Jan 7, 9:00 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	21 hr
Jan 7, 10:29 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	20 hr
Jan 7, 11:46 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	21 hr
Jan 7, 3:21 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	27 hr
Jan 7, 3:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	37 hr
Jan 7, 4:35 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	29 hr
Jan 8, 3:06 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 1 more	15 hr
Jan 8, 3:54 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	30 hr
Jan 8, 4:20 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 16 more	23 hr
Jan 8, 4:20 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 22 more	20 hr
Jan 8, 4:49 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	28 hr
Jan 8, 12:25 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	6 hr
Jan 8, 12:25 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	12 hr
Jan 8, 1:39 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	8 hr
Jan 8, 1:45 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	13 hr
Jan 8, 2:02 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	44 hr
Jan 8, 2:59 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	19 hr
Jan 8, 3:33 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	20 hr
Jan 8, 3:49 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	20 hr
Jan 8, 8:00 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	37 hr
Jan 9, 3:21 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more	30 hr
Jan 9, 3:21 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele	30 hr
Jan 9, 4:03 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	26 hr
Jan 9, 2:40 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	12 hr
Jan 9, 3:30 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	21 hr
Jan 10, 12:50 PM CST	River Flood Watch	MPX	Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine	69 hr
Jan 10, 3:31 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	20 hr
Jan 11, 2:11 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	20 hr
Jan 11, 3:43 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	18 hr
Jan 11, 3:50 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		12 hr
Jan 11, 7:04 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 3 more	15 hr
Jan 11, 7:08 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	15 hr
Jan 12, 3:34 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	31 hr
Jan 12, 2:46 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti and 21 more	20 hr
Jan 12, 3:09 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	19 hr
Jan 12, 3:11 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	19 hr
Jan 12, 3:25 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	19 hr
Jan 13, 3:40 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		6 hr
Jan 13, 3:40 AM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	DLH		24 hr
Jan 13, 10:07 AM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		18 hr
Jan 13, 10:07 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		12 hr
Jan 14, 3:32 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		30 hr
Jan 16, 2:58 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	25 hr
Jan 16, 3:07 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	25 hr
Jan 16, 3:17 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more	24 hr
Jan 16, 10:33 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	7 hr
Jan 17, 12:30 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 7 more	8 hr
Jan 17, 1:22 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 8 more	7 hr
Jan 17, 1:26 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca	7 hr
Jan 19, 5:07 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	4 hr
Jan 19, 5:22 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	MPX	Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan	3 hr
Jan 22, 3:29 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	21 hr
Jan 22, 11:03 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	8 hr
Jan 25, 8:23 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Houston, Wabasha, Winona	24 hr
Jan 27, 10:01 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	3 hr
Jan 28, 12:36 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 28, 2:34 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 11 more	18 hr
Jan 28, 2:59 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	15 hr
Jan 28, 3:02 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 28 more	15 hr
Jan 28, 3:36 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	14 hr
Jan 28, 8:03 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more	7 hr
Jan 31, 3:45 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona	41 hr
Jan 31, 3:50 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	35 hr
Jan 31, 9:53 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Rock	32 hr
Jan 31, 2:18 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more	25 hr
Jan 31, 3:16 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 9 more	20 hr
Jan 31, 3:35 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	19 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	1
Flooding
River Flood Watch	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	8
Winter Storm Warning	5
Blizzard Watch	3
Winter Storm Watch	5
Freezing Rain Advisory	11
Winter Weather Advisory	20
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	9
Wind Chill Watch	2
Wind Chill Advisory	40
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	2
Small Craft Advisory	8

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.