Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings / 2016
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, February 2016
7 blizzard warnings in February 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 February 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 7
- Busiest day
- February 7, 20163 blizzard warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Martin County2
- Redwood County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Rock County1
- Becker County1
- Clay County1
- Grant County1
- Kittson County1
- Marshall County1
- Norman County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Polk County1
- Wilkin County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Nicollet County1
- Renville County1
- Sibley County1
- Dodge County1
- Mower County1
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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.