Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2014
31 blizzard warnings in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 31
- Busiest month
- January17 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 15, 20144 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 3, 3:59 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 3, 8:46 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:38 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 18 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:02 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 39 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:38 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:50 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:58 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:58 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 14 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:10 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:48 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:54 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:49 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 8 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:01 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 39 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:42 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:54 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:57 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 23 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:45 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 9 hr |
| Feb 13, 7:54 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 8:41 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:35 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 17 more | 53 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:47 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha | 55 hr |
| Feb 20, 7:44 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:46 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 20 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:32 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:19 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 8 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:07 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 11 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:01 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 42 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:06 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:32 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 21 hr |
| Dec 15, 7:39 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marshall County10
- Polk County10
- Kittson County9
- Clay County8
- Norman County8
- Wilkin County7
- Lincoln County7
- Lyon County7
- Grant County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Cottonwood County6
- Jackson County6
- Murray County6
- Nobles County6
- Pipestone County6
- Chippewa County6
- Douglas County6
- Pope County6
- Swift County6
- Big Stone County6
- Blue Earth County5
- Brown County5
- Faribault County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Lac qui Parle County5
- Martin County5
- Nicollet County5
- Redwood County5
- Renville County5
- Sibley County5
- Stevens County5
- Watonwan County5
- Yellow Medicine County5
- Traverse County5
- Becker County4
- Freeborn County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Steele County4
- Waseca County4
- Pennington County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.