Areal Flood Advisories in Minnesota
755 areal flood advisories since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of areal flood advisories reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Advisories
- 755
- Busiest year
- 201089 areal flood advisories
- Average year
- 40over 19 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County137
- Itasca County61
- Lake County61
- Carlton County60
- Cass County60
- Pine County58
- Aitkin County56
- Crow Wing County56
- Polk County46
- Otter Tail County45
- Clay County42
- Cook County38
- Hennepin County37
- Wilkin County35
- Winona County35
- Koochiching County35
- Dakota County34
- Mower County32
- Carver County31
- Ramsey County31
- Scott County31
- Houston County29
- Anoka County26
- Becker County26
- Marshall County26
- Olmsted County26
- Washington County24
- Dodge County22
- Kittson County21
- Blue Earth County18
- Beltrami County18
- Sibley County17
- Stearns County17
- Hubbard County17
- Kandiyohi County17
- Faribault County16
- Rice County16
- Steele County16
- Wright County16
- Wabasha County16
39 more counties
- Freeborn County15
- Waseca County15
- Swift County15
- Meeker County14
- Roseau County14
- Pope County14
- Clearwater County14
- McLeod County13
- Mille Lacs County13
- Grant County12
- Le Sueur County12
- Wadena County12
- Fillmore County12
- Martin County11
- Nicollet County11
- Sherburne County11
- Benton County11
- Lac qui Parle County11
- Renville County11
- Stevens County11
- Goodhue County10
- Isanti County10
- Douglas County10
- Kanabec County10
- Morrison County10
- Yellow Medicine County10
- Brown County9
- Mahnomen County9
- Norman County9
- Pennington County9
- Red Lake County9
- Watonwan County9
- Chippewa County9
- Redwood County9
- Todd County9
- Traverse County7
- Chisago County6
- Big Stone County6
- Lake of the Woods County6
The latest areal flood advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Kittson | 23 min |
| Sep 6, 4:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Otter Tail | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 9:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Saint Louis | 94 min |
| Sep 3, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Polk | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Pennington | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Houston | 115 min |
| Jul 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Winona | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 3 hr |
Nearby
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.