Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2008
16 blizzard warnings in 2008. 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 blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 16
- Busiest month
- December8 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- December 13, 20084 blizzard warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 10:53 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele | 7 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha | 9 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:37 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:02 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Houston | 11 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:32 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Carlton, Lake, Saint Louis | 48 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 35 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:10 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Rock | 32 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:19 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:36 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 47 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:03 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 13, 12:15 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 33 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:01 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 32 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:44 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:49 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 34 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:08 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:55 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Wilkin County3
- Big Stone County3
- Traverse County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Becker County2
- Clay County2
- Kittson County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Polk County2
- Carlton County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Murray County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Chippewa County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Steele County1
- Dodge County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Houston County1
- Lake County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Douglas County1
- Pope County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.