Alert archive / Minnesota / 2023
Weather alerts in Minnesota, March 2023
126 weather alerts in March 2023, 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 March 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 126
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 53
- Busiest day
- March 31, 202324 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:30 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 34 hr | |
| Mar 1, 6:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Wilkin | 2 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Traverse | 36 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 4 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd | 23 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:05 PM CST | Gale Watch | DLH | 24 hr | |
| Mar 4, 3:05 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 51 hr | |
| Mar 5, 2:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 29 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:55 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 29 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:04 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 18 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:23 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 23 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 35 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:47 PM CST | Gale Warning | DLH | 12 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:03 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood and 4 more | 117 min |
| Mar 6, 3:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 27 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:59 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 45 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:56 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 4 days | |
| Mar 8, 2:22 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:22 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 40 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 39 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Steele, Yellow Medicine | 30 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 31 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:48 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 4 days | |
| Mar 9, 1:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 34 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 36 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:16 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:47 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Otter Tail and 1 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:16 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 61 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas and 21 more | 57 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:23 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:59 AM CST | Gale Watch | DLH | 6 hr | |
| Mar 11, 10:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:11 AM CST | Gale Warning | DLH | 35 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Traverse | 22 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 4 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:39 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:03 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 18 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:21 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 33 hr | |
| Mar 15, 3:29 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:51 AM CDT | Gale Watch | DLH | 11 hr | |
| Mar 15, 2:01 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 29 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:23 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 35 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:08 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 70 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:08 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching | 36 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Gale Warning | DLH | 4 days | |
| Mar 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 4 days | |
| Mar 15, 3:26 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:16 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:07 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 17 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:14 AM CDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | DLH | 31 hr | |
| Mar 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 2:49 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 19 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:45 AM CDT | Gale Warning | DLH | 12 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:45 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 18 hr | |
| Mar 20, 3:53 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:00 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cass, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:01 AM CDT | Gale Watch | DLH | 12 hr | |
| Mar 20, 4:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 13 hr | |
| Mar 20, 3:02 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Traverse | 34 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:59 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 45 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:01 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 60 hr | |
| Mar 21, 3:50 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Norman and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:50 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:14 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis | 33 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 7:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:04 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Rock | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:52 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 42 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:52 PM CDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | DLH | 21 hr | |
| Mar 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:28 PM CDT | Gale Watch | DLH | 14 hr | |
| Mar 29, 2:34 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 15 more | 51 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:16 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:30 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:47 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 11 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:47 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:04 AM CDT | Gale Warning | DLH | 52 hr | |
| Mar 30, 10:24 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 21 hr | |
| Mar 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 36 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:52 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 33 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:01 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:01 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 17 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:53 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:27 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:41 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 29 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mower | 96 min |
| Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 3:12 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Wadena | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 18 min |
| Mar 31, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fillmore | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 55 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 | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 12 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 22 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 38 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 5 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | 2 |
| Gale Watch | 5 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 13 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County16
- Carlton County14
- Cass County14
- Lake County14
- Wilkin County13
- Traverse County13
- Otter Tail County13
- Lac qui Parle County13
- Renville County13
- Swift County13
- Yellow Medicine County13
- Aitkin County12
- Crow Wing County12
- Becker County12
- Wadena County12
- Chippewa County12
- Hennepin County12
- Kandiyohi County12
- Le Sueur County12
- Redwood County12
- Scott County12
- Stearns County12
- Clay County11
- Grant County11
- Benton County11
- McLeod County11
- Meeker County11
- Pope County11
- Lyon County11
- Murray County11
- Mahnomen County10
- Morrison County10
- Pine County10
- Big Stone County10
- Brown County10
- Carver County10
- Nicollet County10
- Rice County10
- Sherburne County10
- Sibley County10
47 more counties
- Stevens County10
- Wright County10
- Lincoln County10
- Pipestone County10
- Waseca County10
- Polk County10
- Cook County10
- Itasca County9
- Clearwater County9
- Norman County9
- Douglas County9
- Kanabec County9
- Mille Lacs County9
- Todd County9
- Anoka County9
- Dakota County9
- Ramsey County9
- Washington County9
- Dodge County9
- Cottonwood County9
- Steele County9
- Marshall County9
- Pennington County9
- Red Lake County9
- Hubbard County8
- Chisago County8
- Isanti County8
- Olmsted County8
- Blue Earth County8
- Freeborn County8
- Jackson County8
- Mower County8
- Nobles County8
- Watonwan County8
- Goodhue County7
- Winona County7
- Faribault County7
- Fillmore County7
- Martin County7
- Beltrami County7
- Kittson County7
- Koochiching County7
- Wabasha County6
- Rock County6
- Houston County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Roseau County5
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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.