Weather alerts in Minnesota, December 2018

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2018. 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, 3:48 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	32 hr
Dec 1, 11:33 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Faribault, Freeborn	3 hr
Dec 2, 3:47 AM CST	Lakeshore Flood Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	11 hr
Dec 2, 3:50 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
Dec 4, 3:35 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
Dec 5, 9:44 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		12 hr
Dec 6, 3:28 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau	6 hr
Dec 8, 2:00 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	10 hr
Dec 8, 3:44 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		36 hr
Dec 9, 10:00 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
Dec 10, 4:15 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	6 hr
Dec 11, 2:28 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Houston, Winona	22 hr
Dec 11, 2:52 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more	9 hr
Dec 11, 8:50 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DLH	Crow Wing, Morrison	60 hr
Dec 11, 11:56 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more	11 hr
Dec 12, 7:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 24 more	114 min
Dec 12, 7:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	5 hr
Dec 12, 3:08 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 12 more	17 hr
Dec 12, 3:12 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	17 hr
Dec 12, 3:21 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABR	Big Stone	15 hr
Dec 12, 8:48 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	13 hr
Dec 12, 9:38 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin	11 hr
Dec 12, 10:39 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		47 hr
Dec 13, 1:36 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	5 hr
Dec 13, 6:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 22 more	15 hr
Dec 14, 1:04 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	11 hr
Dec 15, 9:57 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		48 hr
Dec 18, 3:50 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		18 hr
Dec 19, 3:59 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	8 hr
Dec 19, 6:20 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Saint Louis	3 hr
Dec 19, 7:06 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	5 hr
Dec 19, 5:23 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	8 hr
Dec 19, 9:55 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		54 hr
Dec 20, 1:10 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 3 more	6 hr
Dec 21, 5:01 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	5 hr
Dec 22, 3:33 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	38 hr
Dec 22, 10:38 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau	3 hr
Dec 25, 3:17 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone	24 hr
Dec 25, 3:29 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more	24 hr
Dec 25, 3:45 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	11 hr
Dec 25, 3:45 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	24 hr
Dec 25, 4:06 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	11 hr
Dec 25, 2:28 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	37 hr
Dec 25, 2:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 11 more	3 days
Dec 25, 3:11 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	61 hr
Dec 25, 3:17 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	69 hr
Dec 25, 5:31 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	63 hr
Dec 26, 3:16 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		47 hr
Dec 26, 3:25 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	57 hr
Dec 26, 3:32 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey and 4 more	26 hr
Dec 26, 3:16 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	45 hr
Dec 27, 4:00 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more	26 hr
Dec 27, 4:06 AM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		32 hr
Dec 27, 4:06 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		42 hr
Dec 27, 1:41 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		28 hr
Dec 27, 2:07 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 19 more	22 hr
Dec 27, 2:55 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake and 1 more	13 hr
Dec 27, 6:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Crow Wing, Douglas and 18 more	5 hr
Dec 28, 2:34 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	9 hr
Dec 28, 3:50 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 4 more	8 hr
Dec 28, 2:07 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	19 hr
Dec 28, 2:23 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood, Stevens and 2 more	19 hr
Dec 28, 2:32 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	18 hr
Dec 28, 2:43 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	18 hr
Dec 28, 3:04 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Cook, Lake	17 hr
Dec 28, 9:46 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		35 hr
Dec 30, 3:52 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	10 hr
Dec 30, 2:03 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine and 1 more	40 hr
Dec 30, 2:03 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	28 hr
Dec 30, 2:22 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more	31 hr
Dec 30, 2:24 PM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		31 hr
Dec 30, 2:24 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		13 hr
Dec 30, 2:36 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	27 hr
Dec 30, 2:48 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	33 hr
Dec 30, 3:01 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	23 hr
Dec 30, 3:01 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 9 more	21 hr
Dec 30, 3:33 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	29 hr
Dec 30, 7:09 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone	4 hr
Dec 31, 2:00 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 4 more	15 hr
Dec 31, 4:27 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin	14 hr
Dec 31, 6:00 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	12 hr
Dec 31, 9:57 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		18 hr
Dec 31, 11:50 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston	6 hr
Dec 31, 12:01 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk	6 hr
Dec 31, 2:24 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	19 hr
Dec 31, 3:28 PM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	DLH		15 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
Special Weather Statement	1
Flooding
River Flood Warning	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	4
Winter Storm Warning	8
Winter Storm Watch	6
Winter Weather Advisory	20
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	1
Wind Chill Advisory	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	14
Coast and beach
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	1
Small Craft Advisory	15

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.