Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2017
6 blizzard warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 6
- Busiest month
- February3 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- February 23, 20173 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 12, 9:35 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:14 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 37 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:27 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:59 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:08 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 28 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:14 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 28 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kittson County2
- Marshall County2
- Polk County2
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Martin County1
- Nicollet County1
- Rice County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Watonwan County1
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Becker County1
- Clay County1
- Grant County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Norman County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Wilkin 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.