Areal Flood Warnings in Minnesota
461 areal flood warnings 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 warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 461
- Busiest year
- 201964 areal flood warnings
- Average year
- 24over 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 County39
- Fillmore County34
- Traverse County34
- Polk County34
- Marshall County30
- Clay County28
- Kittson County25
- Nobles County24
- Norman County24
- Goodhue County23
- Mower County23
- Wilkin County23
- Brown County23
- Dakota County23
- Le Sueur County23
- Scott County23
- Houston County22
- Olmsted County22
- Yellow Medicine County22
- Blue Earth County22
- Rice County22
- Sibley County22
- Carlton County22
- Pine County22
- Lac qui Parle County21
- Redwood County21
- Renville County21
- Waseca County21
- Chippewa County20
- Otter Tail County20
- Nicollet County20
- Rock County20
- Murray County19
- Big Stone County18
- Cottonwood County18
- Lake County17
- Jackson County16
- Steele County16
- Watonwan County16
- Pennington County15
46 more counties
- Pipestone County15
- Aitkin County15
- Freeborn County14
- Winona County13
- Cass County13
- Red Lake County13
- Swift County13
- Carver County13
- Faribault County13
- Itasca County13
- Koochiching County13
- Wabasha County12
- Becker County12
- Dodge County11
- Martin County11
- Beltrami County10
- Grant County10
- Kandiyohi County10
- Roseau County10
- Wright County10
- Hennepin County10
- McLeod County10
- Clearwater County9
- Mahnomen County9
- Lyon County9
- Crow Wing County9
- Lincoln County8
- Ramsey County8
- Washington County7
- Hubbard County6
- Stearns County6
- Wadena County6
- Anoka County6
- Stevens County6
- Benton County5
- Kanabec County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Sherburne County5
- Meeker County4
- Morrison County4
- Cook County4
- Mille Lacs County3
- Chisago County3
- Pope County3
- Douglas County2
- Todd County1
The latest areal flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 17 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 8 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Waseca | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Houston | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 9 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 9 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 11 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 12 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.