Weather alerts in Minnesota, May 2025

166 weather alerts in May 2025, 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 166
Warnings: 77
Watches: 22
Advisories: 44
Busiest day: May 15, 202577 alerts

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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, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	20 min
May 1, 7:02 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		13 hr
May 3, 3:36 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	5 hr
May 3, 3:38 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		7 hr
May 3, 11:02 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		6 hr
May 3, 3:04 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		3 hr
May 4, 2:06 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	19 hr
May 4, 10:19 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		7 hr
May 5, 2:48 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more	18 hr
May 6, 4:27 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		35 hr
May 8, 1:17 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		6 hr
May 8, 2:27 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	48 hr
May 8, 2:35 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	48 hr
May 8, 2:39 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 29 more	48 hr
May 8, 2:52 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	48 hr
May 8, 2:53 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	47 hr
May 9, 2:21 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		11 hr
May 10, 2:14 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	67 hr
May 10, 2:35 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more	18 hr
May 10, 1:47 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	24 hr
May 10, 1:47 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	55 hr
May 10, 2:04 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		41 hr
May 10, 2:05 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	32 hr
May 10, 2:05 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	32 hr
May 10, 2:24 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	24 hr
May 10, 2:24 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	32 hr
May 10, 2:24 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more	37 hr
May 10, 2:24 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more	32 hr
May 10, 2:31 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	24 hr
May 11, 3:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Clay, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin	18 hr
May 11, 2:18 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	31 hr
May 11, 9:50 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	23 hr
May 11, 10:11 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	23 hr
May 12, 2:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 5 more	17 hr
May 12, 1:01 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		6 hr
May 12, 1:42 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	14 hr
May 12, 1:53 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	14 hr
May 12, 1:59 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	13 hr
May 12, 2:46 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	12 hr
May 12, 2:48 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 18 more	12 hr
May 13, 2:56 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk	16 hr
May 13, 3:13 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	18 hr
May 13, 3:17 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec and 20 more	18 hr
May 13, 3:25 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	18 hr
May 13, 3:33 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	17 hr
May 13, 3:45 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	17 hr
May 13, 3:18 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	12 hr
May 14, 10:18 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		27 hr
May 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	53 hr
May 14, 10:17 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 10 more	45 hr
May 14, 11:29 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	14 hr
May 15, 1:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	97 min
May 15, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	6 hr
May 15, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	69 min
May 15, 3:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Murray, Pipestone	12 min
May 15, 3:24 AM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		16 hr
May 15, 3:24 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		24 hr
May 15, 3:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	23 min
May 15, 4:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi and 16 more	86 min
May 15, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	31 min
May 15, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Swift, Yellow Medicine	33 min
May 15, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	30 min
May 15, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	49 min
May 15, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood	45 min
May 15, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	31 min
May 15, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville	26 min
May 15, 6:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	24 min
May 15, 7:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota and 28 more	97 min
May 15, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti	37 min
May 15, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	24 min
May 15, 9:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti	17 min
May 15, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	21 min
May 15, 12:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 31 more	3 hr
May 15, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carver, Cass, Chisago and 29 more	7 hr
May 15, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur	19 min
May 15, 1:02 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		7 hr
May 15, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Swift	28 min
May 15, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele	33 min
May 15, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Wright	27 min
May 15, 1:35 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk	35 hr
May 15, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Wright	24 min
May 15, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	38 min
May 15, 1:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey and 3 more	63 min
May 15, 1:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Scott	10 min
May 15, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Scott and 1 more	35 min
May 15, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Wabasha	31 min
May 15, 2:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Crow Wing	26 min
May 15, 2:15 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Jackson, Nobles, Rock	29 hr
May 15, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	39 min
May 15, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey	20 min
May 15, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington	44 min
May 15, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Todd	24 min
May 15, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 3 more	49 min
May 15, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	46 min
May 15, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Wadena	41 min
May 15, 2:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Stearns, Todd	23 min
May 15, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Wabasha	22 min
May 15, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	34 min
May 15, 3:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ramsey, Washington	90 min
May 15, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	24 min
May 15, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	32 min
May 15, 3:21 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	6 hr
May 15, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin	35 min
May 15, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	19 min
May 15, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston, Winona	20 min
May 15, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	24 min
May 15, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Stearns	23 min
May 15, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	60 min
May 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman	35 min
May 15, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, Morrison	34 min
May 15, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Pine	31 min
May 15, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Beltrami, Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau	41 min
May 15, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	24 min
May 15, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	38 min
May 15, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	50 min
May 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	42 min
May 15, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DLH	Carlton, Pine	35 min
May 15, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Roseau	62 min
May 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		61 min
May 15, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine	30 min
May 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		58 min
May 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Polk	28 min
May 15, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Marshall, Roseau	32 min
May 15, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		59 min
May 15, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	45 min
May 15, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		54 min
May 16, 1:34 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		8 hr
May 16, 3:50 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		11 hr
May 16, 7:37 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		23 hr
May 17, 2:19 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more	28 hr
May 17, 2:35 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	28 hr
May 17, 2:58 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	MPX	Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 20 more	28 hr
May 17, 3:38 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis	28 hr
May 17, 3:38 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	DLH	Cook, Lake	11 hr
May 17, 1:56 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	18 hr
May 17, 2:13 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	DLH	Cook, Lake	19 hr
May 18, 2:39 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	17 hr
May 18, 3:22 PM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		70 hr
May 18, 3:22 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		40 hr
May 19, 2:19 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	23 hr
May 19, 3:11 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk and 1 more	19 hr
May 19, 4:15 AM CDT	Gale Watch	DLH		9 hr
May 19, 4:15 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		9 hr
May 19, 10:06 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 19 more	10 hr
May 19, 10:18 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	10 hr
May 19, 11:23 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	38 hr
May 19, 1:04 PM CDT	Gale Warning	DLH		45 hr
May 19, 1:29 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DLH	Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	14 hr
May 19, 2:35 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau	14 hr
May 19, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona	34 min
May 19, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	32 min
May 19, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	33 min
May 19, 8:25 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FSD	Nobles	4 hr
May 19, 11:35 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson	85 min
May 20, 3:18 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DLH	Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis	18 hr
May 20, 4:14 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods	17 hr
May 20, 9:59 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	8 hr
May 20, 10:04 AM CDT	Storm Warning	DLH		8 hr
May 21, 3:11 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	29 hr
May 21, 3:22 AM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	18 hr
May 21, 3:51 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		18 hr
May 21, 10:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Clay	5 days
May 21, 2:06 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more	19 hr
May 22, 3:03 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more	30 hr
May 23, 11:32 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 2 more	20 hr
May 24, 2:40 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	17 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	30
Tornado Warning	15
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	6
Special Weather Statement	16
Flooding
River Flood Warning	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	10
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	3
Wind Advisory	13
Fire
Red Flag Warning	18
Fire Weather Watch	18
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2
Coast and beach
Beach Hazards Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	3
Special Marine Warning	4
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	5
Small Craft Advisory	14

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.