Weather alerts in Minnesota, May 2021

166 weather alerts in May 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 166
Warnings: 35
Watches: 8
Advisories: 33
Busiest day: May 31, 202124 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
May 1, 2:50 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	17 hr
May 1, 3:33 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		3 days
May 1, 3:51 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	16 hr
May 1, 9:27 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 11 more	12 hr
May 1, 10:46 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 1 more	10 hr
May 2, 4:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Martin and 3 more	115 min
May 2, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	34 min
May 2, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	50 min
May 2, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore	29 min
May 2, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	40 min
May 3, 2:28 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Pipestone	18 hr
May 4, 3:00 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ARX	Wabasha	30 hr
May 4, 2:15 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Goodhue	18 hr
May 5, 2:24 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more	18 hr
May 5, 2:40 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more	13 hr
May 5, 2:42 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Goodhue and 14 more	17 hr
May 5, 2:47 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more	13 hr
May 5, 2:52 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	13 hr
May 5, 2:55 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	12 hr
May 6, 3:13 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more	17 hr
May 6, 3:15 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	19 hr
May 6, 3:26 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more	17 hr
May 6, 3:27 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	17 hr
May 6, 3:02 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone	17 hr
May 6, 3:21 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas and 21 more	17 hr
May 7, 1:37 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	18 hr
May 7, 1:50 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Washington	18 hr
May 10, 1:52 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	18 hr
May 10, 2:42 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 24 more	17 hr
May 10, 3:12 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	17 hr
May 11, 1:45 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	18 hr
May 11, 2:12 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele	17 hr
May 14, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Big Stone	60 min
May 14, 4:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 8 more	92 min
May 14, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wilkin	53 min
May 14, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone	62 min
May 14, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Wilkin	29 min
May 14, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	46 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	49 min
May 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	50 min
May 14, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	40 min
May 14, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	50 min
May 15, 1:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Blue Earth, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 15 more	119 min
May 15, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Wabasha	28 min
May 15, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Wabasha	29 min
May 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore	28 min
May 15, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona	44 min
May 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	47 min
May 15, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	52 min
May 15, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	19 min
May 15, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Winona	52 min
May 17, 1:09 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		5 hr
May 19, 1:59 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	7 hr
May 19, 10:08 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		3 days
May 19, 5:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kittson, Marshall	117 min
May 19, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Steele, Waseca	25 min
May 19, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Rice	36 min
May 19, 7:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 14 more	114 min
May 19, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley	34 min
May 19, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Rice	40 min
May 19, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Dakota, Scott	50 min
May 19, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Dakota	17 min
May 19, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Marshall	16 hr
May 20, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore	45 min
May 20, 9:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower	115 min
May 20, 10:29 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Clay, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more	12 hr
May 21, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	58 min
May 22, 1:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	2 hr
May 22, 3:55 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		32 hr
May 22, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	12 min
May 22, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	9 min
May 22, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		15 min
May 22, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		18 min
May 22, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	14 min
May 22, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	29 min
May 22, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	16 min
May 23, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	28 min
May 23, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	39 min
May 24, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	42 min
May 24, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	18 min
May 24, 3:51 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		18 hr
May 24, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	18 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	34 min
May 24, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	41 min
May 24, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	44 min
May 24, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	30 min
May 25, 3:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more	18 hr
May 25, 3:55 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		30 hr
May 25, 6:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Wabasha	38 min
May 25, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		32 min
May 25, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	37 min
May 25, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		37 min
May 25, 2:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook, Dodge, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Wabasha	2 hr
May 25, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		47 min
May 25, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	41 min
May 25, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more	8 hr
May 25, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Wabasha	25 min
May 25, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	54 min
May 25, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Olmsted	25 min
May 25, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		37 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Winona	118 min
May 26, 3:45 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	27 hr
May 26, 3:50 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more	28 hr
May 26, 2:59 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	FGF	Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Roseau	17 hr
May 26, 10:21 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
May 27, 3:26 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	ABR	Traverse	11 hr
May 27, 3:56 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	11 hr
May 27, 4:09 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 10 more	16 hr
May 27, 4:39 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	28 hr
May 27, 12:53 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	7 hr
May 27, 2:33 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	17 hr
May 27, 2:45 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	MPX	Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd	16 hr
May 27, 2:46 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	17 hr
May 28, 10:14 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Chisago, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Isanti, Kanabec and 5 more	21 hr
May 28, 10:14 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	MPX	Kanabec	21 hr
May 28, 10:36 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	20 hr
May 28, 2:11 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Jackson	17 hr
May 28, 2:35 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Wadena	16 hr
May 28, 3:44 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching	17 hr
May 28, 3:44 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Pine and 1 more	17 hr
May 30, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Kittson	45 min
May 30, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Roseau	59 min
May 30, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	23 min
May 30, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	52 min
May 30, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	56 min
May 30, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	37 min
May 30, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	37 min
May 30, 3:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Cass, Clay and 18 more	113 min
May 30, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	35 min
May 30, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	26 min
May 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	35 min
May 30, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	28 min
May 30, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	29 min
May 30, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		13 min
May 30, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	27 min
May 30, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	25 min
May 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	17 min
May 30, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	16 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	37 min
May 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	17 min
May 30, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	30 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	33 min
May 30, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	14 min
May 30, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	11 min
May 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	33 min
May 30, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	15 min
May 30, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	29 min
May 30, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	26 min
May 30, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	13 min
May 30, 7:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Carlton, Lake, Saint Louis	63 min
May 30, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	30 min
May 30, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	29 min
May 30, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	24 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	26 min
May 30, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	29 min
May 30, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	36 min
May 30, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	32 min
May 30, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	26 min
May 30, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	33 min
May 30, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	44 min
May 30, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	33 min
May 31, 2:46 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Lincoln, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	6 hr
May 31, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha	38 min
May 31, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Olmsted	48 min
May 31, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Winona	43 min
May 31, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Wabasha	27 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	11
Tornado Warning	6
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	11
Special Weather Statement	78
Flooding
Areal Flood Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	7
Freeze Watch	3
Frost Advisory	21
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	8
Fire Weather Watch	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Beach Hazards Statement	1
Marine
Special Marine Warning	3
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	2
Small Craft Advisory	5

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.