Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2016
14 blizzard warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 14
- Busiest month
- February7 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- November 17, 20164 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:38 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:11 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Redwood and 3 more | 43 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:37 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:05 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:53 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, McLeod and 8 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:48 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:13 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 35 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:34 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 39 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:44 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope and 7 more | 41 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:53 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 38 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:04 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 29 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:36 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 6 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:27 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:41 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 3 days |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Murray County3
- Pipestone County3
- Redwood County3
- Clay County3
- Grant County3
- Kittson County3
- Marshall County3
- Norman County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Polk County3
- Wilkin County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Nobles County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Martin County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Becker County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Renville County2
- Rock County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Nicollet County1
- Sibley County1
- Dodge County1
- Mower County1
- Chippewa County1
- Douglas County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Meeker 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.