Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2018
12 blizzard warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 12
- Busiest month
- December4 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- April 12, 20183 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 10, 3:11 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 25 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:41 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 43 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:56 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 5 more | 44 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:53 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Traverse | 16 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman, Wilkin | 15 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:48 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 55 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:41 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 26 more | 60 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 60 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:16 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 45 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:00 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:27 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 14 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:00 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County4
- Norman County4
- Traverse County4
- Kittson County3
- Marshall County3
- Polk County3
- Wilkin County3
- Big Stone County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Nobles County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Martin County2
- Nicollet County2
- Rice County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Anoka County1
- Carver County1
- Chippewa County1
- Dakota County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- McLeod County1
- Meeker County1
- Pope County1
- Ramsey County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Scott County1
- Sibley County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift 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.