Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings / 2018

Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, December 2018

4 blizzard warnings in December 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 December 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Blizzard Warnings
4
Busiest day
December 31, 20182 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 3:16 PM CSTBlizzard WarningABRBig Stone, Traverse45 hr
Dec 27, 4:00 AM CSTBlizzard WarningFGFClay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more26 hr
Dec 31, 4:27 AM CSTBlizzard WarningFGFClay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin14 hr
Dec 31, 6:00 AM CSTBlizzard WarningABRBig Stone, Traverse12 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.