Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2009
16 blizzard warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 16
- Busiest month
- December6 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- March 9, 20093 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 11, 2:54 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 27 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:00 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:18 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 16 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:47 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 32 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:56 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:30 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 65 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:08 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 39 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:40 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 41 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:55 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 18 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:50 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:22 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Faribault and 16 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:33 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:13 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Carlton, Lake, Saint Louis | 49 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:45 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 55 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:51 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 46 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Big Stone County4
- Traverse County4
- Clay County3
- Wilkin County3
- Jackson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Pipestone County2
- Chippewa County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Grant County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Polk County2
- Nobles County2
- Rock County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Martin County2
- Douglas County1
- Pope County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Becker County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown 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.