Weather alerts in Minnesota, April 2020

129 weather alerts in April 2020, 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 April 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 129
Warnings: 31
Watches: 14
Advisories: 37
Busiest day: April 7, 202034 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
Apr 1, 3:46 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more	24 hr
Apr 1, 3:57 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		17 hr
Apr 1, 4:00 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	11 hr
Apr 1, 4:00 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	51 hr
Apr 1, 4:37 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	23 hr
Apr 1, 4:42 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	53 hr
Apr 1, 5:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DLH	Crow Wing, Morrison	13 days
Apr 1, 10:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	21 days
Apr 1, 2:44 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	24 hr
Apr 1, 3:30 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more	42 hr
Apr 1, 10:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall	13 days
Apr 2, 3:35 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	42 hr
Apr 2, 3:46 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	44 hr
Apr 2, 3:49 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		30 hr
Apr 2, 4:04 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Otter Tail and 1 more	30 hr
Apr 2, 9:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Carver	4 days
Apr 2, 10:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Pennington	21 days
Apr 3, 3:21 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	16 hr
Apr 3, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	21 days
Apr 3, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	21 days
Apr 3, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Anoka	5 days
Apr 5, 10:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall	7 days
Apr 6, 7:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Grant, Traverse, Wilkin	3 hr
Apr 6, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Traverse	32 min
Apr 6, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	29 min
Apr 6, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	31 min
Apr 6, 11:43 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 6 more	10 hr
Apr 7, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	61 min
Apr 7, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wilkin	34 min
Apr 7, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant	17 min
Apr 7, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	27 min
Apr 7, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	41 min
Apr 7, 1:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	38 min
Apr 7, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	42 min
Apr 7, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wilkin	52 min
Apr 7, 1:56 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Mille Lacs, Morrison and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 7, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	43 min
Apr 7, 2:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	23 min
Apr 7, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	51 min
Apr 7, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	39 min
Apr 7, 3:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	23 min
Apr 7, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	49 min
Apr 7, 3:31 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 7, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wadena	43 min
Apr 7, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	38 min
Apr 7, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Wadena	22 min
Apr 7, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	45 min
Apr 7, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	47 min
Apr 7, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	30 min
Apr 7, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	34 min
Apr 7, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	32 min
Apr 7, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	28 min
Apr 7, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	35 min
Apr 7, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton	30 min
Apr 7, 7:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	34 min
Apr 7, 7:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	28 min
Apr 8, 12:48 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Houston, Winona	8 hr
Apr 8, 3:14 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	17 hr
Apr 8, 3:20 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	16 hr
Apr 8, 3:45 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood and 4 more	11 hr
Apr 8, 4:33 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		43 hr
Apr 9, 5:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		55 min
Apr 9, 6:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	54 min
Apr 9, 6:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	64 min
Apr 9, 6:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	51 min
Apr 9, 7:30 AM CDT	Snow Squall Warning	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	60 min
Apr 9, 8:31 AM CDT	Snow Squall Warning	DLH	Carlton	44 min
Apr 9, 11:50 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		4 hr
Apr 10, 3:09 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	24 hr
Apr 10, 3:19 PM CDT	Gale Watch	DLH		37 hr
Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 13 more	23 hr
Apr 10, 3:32 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Jackson	23 hr
Apr 11, 3:08 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	43 hr
Apr 11, 3:08 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more	43 hr
Apr 11, 2:42 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 9 more	37 hr
Apr 11, 2:42 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, McLeod and 5 more	33 hr
Apr 11, 2:44 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	39 hr
Apr 11, 2:44 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Houston	39 hr
Apr 12, 4:08 AM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		39 hr
Apr 12, 4:08 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		39 hr
Apr 12, 6:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Rock and 1 more	4 hr
Apr 12, 12:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 14 more	3 hr
Apr 13, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley	87 min
Apr 13, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing	88 min
Apr 13, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine	29 min
Apr 13, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine	54 min
Apr 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		15 hr
Apr 14, 8:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	114 min
Apr 14, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more	118 min
Apr 17, 3:55 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		27 hr
Apr 19, 2:39 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	13 hr
Apr 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more	13 hr
Apr 19, 3:04 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	13 hr
Apr 19, 3:17 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	12 hr
Apr 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Grant	12 hr
Apr 19, 3:43 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		44 hr
Apr 20, 3:33 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	14 hr
Apr 20, 3:34 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	15 hr
Apr 20, 3:44 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	15 hr
Apr 20, 3:49 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	14 hr
Apr 20, 3:54 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Grant	14 hr
Apr 20, 4:05 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	15 hr
Apr 20, 9:44 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin, Pope and 6 more	9 hr
Apr 20, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	37 min
Apr 20, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	44 min
Apr 20, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	29 min
Apr 20, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	31 min
Apr 20, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	47 min
Apr 20, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	44 min
Apr 20, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton, Pine	40 min
Apr 20, 8:21 PM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		7 hr
Apr 21, 9:53 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		48 hr
Apr 23, 3:46 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		12 hr
Apr 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	29 min
Apr 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	32 min
Apr 24, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	26 min
Apr 26, 9:35 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		11 hr
Apr 27, 6:09 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 18 more	13 hr
Apr 27, 9:14 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	10 hr
Apr 27, 5:30 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		22 hr
Apr 28, 3:29 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	7 hr
Apr 28, 10:01 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	119 min
Apr 28, 1:12 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		27 hr
Apr 28, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Polk	36 min
Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Red Lake	23 min
Apr 29, 3:22 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Jackson	16 hr
Apr 29, 8:29 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca	10 hr
Apr 29, 8:31 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	10 hr
Apr 29, 10:02 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		6 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	9
Mesoscale Discussion	4
Special Weather Statement	43
Flooding
River Flood Warning	9
Winter
Snow Squall Warning	2
Winter Storm Warning	5
Winter Storm Watch	6
Winter Weather Advisory	9
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	9
Fire
Red Flag Warning	4
Fire Weather Watch	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	5
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Gale Watch	1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	1
Small Craft Advisory	13

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.