Alert archive / Minnesota / 2016
Weather alerts in Minnesota, October 2016
51 weather alerts in October 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 51
- Warnings
- 7
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest day
- October 7, 20167 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, 3:54 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 16 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:39 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 54 hr | |
| Oct 6, 10:33 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 6 hr | |
| Oct 6, 2:43 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 18 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:06 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 19 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:17 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 16 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:11 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 36 hr | |
| Oct 6, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mower | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Olmsted | 31 min |
| Oct 7, 3:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:30 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:37 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:58 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:32 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 11 hr | |
| Oct 8, 2:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 28 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:39 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:48 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:07 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 30 hr | |
| Oct 9, 12:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:59 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:53 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:24 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:39 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 11 hr | |
| Oct 14, 4:00 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 30 hr | |
| Oct 16, 3:53 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 30 hr | |
| Oct 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 16, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 26 min |
| Oct 16, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 34 min |
| Oct 17, 5:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 30 min |
| Oct 17, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 33 min |
| Oct 17, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 9:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 6 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:17 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 17 hr |
| Oct 23, 9:05 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 7 hr | |
| Oct 25, 3:31 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 48 hr | |
| Oct 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 24 min |
| Oct 25, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Mower | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 39 hr |
| Oct 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 11 hr | |
| Oct 30, 10:03 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 47 hr | |
| Oct 31, 3:47 AM CDT | Gale Warning | DLH | 30 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 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 12 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 13 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Martin County8
- Mower County6
- Faribault County6
- Freeborn County6
- Washington County6
- Lincoln County5
- Pipestone County5
- Rock County5
- Olmsted County5
- Wabasha County5
- Hennepin County5
- Le Sueur County5
- Scott County5
- Steele County5
- Saint Louis County4
- Kittson County4
- Marshall County4
- Polk County4
- Aitkin County4
- Cass County4
- Dodge County4
- Houston County4
- Winona County4
- Cottonwood County4
- Jackson County4
- Lyon County4
- Murray County4
- Nobles County4
- Blue Earth County4
- Brown County4
- Carver County4
- Dakota County4
- Goodhue County4
- Nicollet County4
- Ramsey County4
- Redwood County4
- Rice County4
- Sibley County4
- Waseca County4
- Watonwan County4
47 more counties
- Carlton County3
- Becker County3
- Beltrami County3
- Clay County3
- Clearwater County3
- Grant County3
- Hubbard County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Norman County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Pennington County3
- Red Lake County3
- Roseau County3
- Wadena County3
- Wilkin County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Itasca County3
- Fillmore County3
- Anoka County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- McLeod County3
- Meeker County3
- Renville County3
- Stearns County3
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Pine County2
- Benton County2
- Chippewa County2
- Chisago County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Morrison County2
- Sherburne County2
- Swift County2
- Wright County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Douglas County1
- Pope County1
- Stevens County1
- Todd County1
- Cook County1
- Koochiching County1
- Lake 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.