Weather alerts in Minnesota, May 2019

122 weather alerts in May 2019, 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 May 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 122
Warnings: 56
Watches: 4
Advisories: 25
Busiest day: May 25, 201917 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
May 3, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	28 min
May 3, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Kittson	56 min
May 3, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Marshall	63 min
May 3, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Marshall	63 min
May 3, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Mahnomen	54 min
May 3, 10:54 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Pine	9 hr
May 3, 10:54 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti and 12 more	9 hr
May 4, 3:44 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	5 hr
May 5, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	66 min
May 7, 9:44 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		42 hr
May 8, 9:51 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	24 hr
May 8, 2:27 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	20 hr
May 8, 4:05 PM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		18 hr
May 8, 5:36 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Benton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns and 1 more	10 hr
May 9, 3:38 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	28 hr
May 9, 9:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Redwood	21 days
May 9, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley	21 days
May 9, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Brown	4 days
May 9, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet	21 days
May 10, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Brown	60 hr
May 10, 9:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Murray	72 hr
May 14, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	33 min
May 15, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	43 min
May 15, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	48 min
May 15, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Norman	64 min
May 15, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Red Lake	33 min
May 15, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman, Polk	37 min
May 15, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Mahnomen, Norman	39 min
May 15, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Mahnomen	47 min
May 15, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wilkin	37 min
May 16, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	38 min
May 16, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	43 min
May 16, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	29 min
May 16, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, McLeod, Wright	40 min
May 16, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Redwood	42 min
May 16, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	27 min
May 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 5 more	16 hr
May 17, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	31 min
May 17, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	40 min
May 17, 9:35 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		52 hr
May 17, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	48 min
May 17, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	39 min
May 18, 3:56 AM CDT	Gale Watch	DLH		6 hr
May 18, 9:50 AM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		24 hr
May 18, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Clay	16 days
May 18, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore	55 min
May 18, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore	22 min
May 18, 10:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Wabasha	22 days
May 19, 2:58 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more	29 hr
May 19, 3:22 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone	29 hr
May 19, 3:23 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	28 hr
May 19, 3:45 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	28 hr
May 19, 8:56 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Lake, Saint Louis	6 hr
May 19, 10:16 AM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		8 hr
May 19, 10:16 AM CDT	Storm Warning	DLH		4 hr
May 19, 10:40 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis	14 hr
May 20, 3:26 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		12 hr
May 20, 2:58 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	32 hr
May 20, 3:17 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	34 hr
May 20, 3:24 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 35 more	34 hr
May 21, 3:29 AM CDT	Gale Watch	DLH		13 hr
May 21, 3:29 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		45 hr
May 21, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet	16 days
May 21, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Redwood	13 days
May 21, 9:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Winona	21 days
May 21, 9:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Houston	21 days
May 21, 10:11 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha	15 hr
May 21, 4:14 PM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		24 hr
May 22, 4:07 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		20 hr
May 22, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Washington	21 days
May 23, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley	15 days
May 23, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Carver	12 days
May 24, 3:34 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		15 hr
May 24, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	13 days
May 24, 5:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Clay, Norman, Polk, Wilkin	2 hr
May 24, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman	33 min
May 24, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Becker, Mahnomen, Norman	33 min
May 24, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Houston	58 min
May 24, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston	38 min
May 24, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen	22 min
May 24, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Houston	3 hr
May 24, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	27 min
May 24, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman, Polk	42 min
May 24, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Houston	60 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk	46 min
May 24, 9:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston, Winona	118 min
May 24, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass	24 min
May 24, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass	22 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	31 min
May 25, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	23 min
May 25, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	29 min
May 25, 4:01 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	6 hr
May 25, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Washington	13 days
May 26, 3:51 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		47 hr
May 27, 3:24 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more	12 hr
May 27, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Brown	21 days
May 27, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Brown	21 days
May 27, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Lyon	5 days
May 27, 12:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	25 min
May 27, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	35 min
May 27, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Mower	45 min
May 27, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele, Waseca	43 min
May 27, 1:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower	57 min
May 27, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	ARX	Fillmore	50 min
May 27, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Fillmore, Olmsted	19 min
May 27, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Fillmore	16 min
May 27, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fillmore	10 min
May 27, 2:45 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	17 hr
May 27, 6:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	20 hr
May 27, 9:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Rock	21 days
May 27, 11:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson	8 days
May 28, 3:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Pipestone	21 days
May 28, 3:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Lyon	21 days
May 28, 3:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Murray	21 days
May 28, 12:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Rock	21 days
May 28, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Nicollet	5 days
May 28, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Wright	6 days
May 29, 9:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Rock	21 days
May 30, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	113 min
May 30, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	3 hr
May 31, 3:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Rock	2 hr
May 31, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	33 min

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	12
Tornado Warning	7
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	4
Special Weather Statement	33
Flooding
River Flood Warning	30
Flood Watch	1
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Weather Advisory	3
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Frost Advisory	6
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	4
Marine
Gale Warning	4
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	2
Small Craft Advisory	7

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

47 more counties

Nearby

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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.