Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2011
8 blizzard warnings in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 8
- Busiest month
- March4 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- February 19, 20112 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 1, 3:28 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone | 13 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:48 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 37 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:37 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone | 30 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:34 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:26 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:24 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:15 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, McLeod and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Carlton, Lake, Saint Louis | 37 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Pipestone County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Chippewa County2
- Douglas County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Pope County2
- Renville County2
- Sibley County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Brown County1
- Nicollet County1
- Redwood County1
- Clay County1
- Grant County1
- Kittson County1
- Marshall County1
- Norman County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Polk County1
- Wilkin County1
- Carver County1
- McLeod County1
- Meeker County1
- Stearns County1
- Todd County1
- Wright County1
- Carlton County1
- Lake County1
- Saint Louis 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.