Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2015
11 blizzard warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 11
- Busiest month
- January8 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 8, 20154 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, 9:35 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 5 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:27 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 7 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:28 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 7 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:21 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 27 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:20 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 16 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:25 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:39 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:45 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 13 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:08 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 16 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:31 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 22 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:39 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 20 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Blue Earth County3
- Faribault County3
- Martin County3
- Watonwan County3
- Kittson County2
- Marshall County2
- Polk County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Nobles County2
- Brown County2
- Chippewa County2
- Freeborn County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Le Sueur County2
- McLeod County2
- Nicollet County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Sibley County2
- Steele County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Waseca County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Norman County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Goodhue County1
- Rice County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Dodge County1
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.