Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2013
16 blizzard warnings in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 16
- Busiest month
- February7 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- February 9, 20133 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, 4:01 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 31 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:43 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 30 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:22 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 56 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:25 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:31 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 45 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:07 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:39 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:35 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:37 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:32 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 23 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 32 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 13 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:38 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 4 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:38 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:21 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kittson County5
- Marshall County5
- Polk County5
- Clay County4
- Grant County4
- Norman County4
- Otter Tail County4
- Wilkin County4
- Chippewa County4
- Douglas County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Pope County4
- Renville County4
- Stevens County4
- Swift County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Big Stone County3
- Traverse County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Murray County3
- Brown County3
- Redwood County3
- Nicollet County2
- Sibley County2
- Watonwan County2
- Jackson County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Becker County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Carver County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Martin 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.