Weather alerts in Minnesota, December 2020

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2020. Tap one for its archive.

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
Dec 2, 2:48 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		40 hr
Dec 5, 10:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more	14 hr
Dec 6, 5:13 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	7 hr
Dec 6, 5:21 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more	7 hr
Dec 6, 2:16 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi and 16 more	23 hr
Dec 6, 3:09 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	22 hr
Dec 7, 8:28 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray	4 hr
Dec 7, 9:30 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	3 hr
Dec 7, 2:02 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		38 hr
Dec 7, 5:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles	12 hr
Dec 7, 6:06 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 17 more	13 hr
Dec 7, 9:06 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Becker, Grant, Otter Tail	6 hr
Dec 11, 12:58 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		39 hr
Dec 13, 3:43 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		32 hr
Dec 15, 2:56 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		27 hr
Dec 17, 6:14 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	7 hr
Dec 17, 9:38 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		42 hr
Dec 17, 5:44 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles	9 hr
Dec 19, 3:20 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
Dec 20, 9:08 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		25 hr
Dec 21, 3:16 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	13 hr
Dec 21, 3:26 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 5 more	13 hr
Dec 21, 3:31 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	12 hr
Dec 21, 4:30 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	35 hr
Dec 21, 5:23 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	9 hr
Dec 22, 3:49 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	13 hr
Dec 22, 3:49 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 28 more	23 hr
Dec 22, 3:54 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	17 hr
Dec 22, 3:58 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	10 hr
Dec 22, 4:10 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		30 hr
Dec 22, 5:25 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	22 hr
Dec 22, 5:25 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	10 hr
Dec 22, 10:18 AM CST	Gale Watch	DLH		18 hr
Dec 22, 2:23 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	31 hr
Dec 22, 2:38 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	36 hr
Dec 22, 2:50 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 18 more	36 hr
Dec 22, 2:50 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice and 2 more	36 hr
Dec 22, 3:22 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	57 hr
Dec 22, 3:28 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 7 more	28 hr
Dec 22, 3:28 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 8 more	24 hr
Dec 22, 9:08 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	30 hr
Dec 22, 9:09 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	29 hr
Dec 23, 3:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Pine, Saint Louis	25 hr
Dec 23, 3:24 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ARX	Dodge, Mower, Olmsted	23 hr
Dec 23, 4:04 AM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		29 hr
Dec 23, 4:04 AM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	DLH		41 hr
Dec 23, 6:29 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, Polk and 1 more	4 hr
Dec 23, 7:42 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Traverse	5 hr
Dec 23, 9:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Douglas and 26 more	5 hr
Dec 23, 9:58 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake and 2 more	18 hr
Dec 23, 12:33 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Blue Earth, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 18 more	4 hr
Dec 23, 12:37 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Roseau	2 hr
Dec 23, 2:38 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	21 hr
Dec 23, 3:05 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	24 hr
Dec 23, 3:27 PM CST	Storm Warning	DLH		13 hr
Dec 23, 5:15 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 28 more	6 hr
Dec 23, 8:15 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	19 hr
Dec 24, 1:55 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	10 hr
Dec 24, 2:43 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	9 hr
Dec 24, 2:56 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	9 hr
Dec 24, 8:58 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		13 hr
Dec 24, 1:24 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	19 hr
Dec 24, 3:14 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis	15 hr
Dec 25, 3:18 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		19 hr
Dec 26, 4:42 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 4 more	3 hr
Dec 27, 9:41 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		27 hr
Dec 27, 7:00 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Nobles, Rock	8 hr
Dec 28, 3:01 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	42 hr
Dec 28, 3:18 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	47 hr
Dec 28, 3:45 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	53 hr
Dec 28, 3:56 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	44 hr
Dec 28, 3:01 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	42 hr
Dec 28, 3:13 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	42 hr
Dec 29, 3:29 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
Dec 30, 3:48 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		18 hr
Dec 30, 3:41 PM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		6 hr
Dec 31, 2:38 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		25 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
Winter
Blizzard Warning	6
Winter Storm Warning	4
Winter Storm Watch	6
Winter Weather Advisory	11
Cold
Wind Chill Advisory	8
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	13
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	1
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	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.