Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2020
15 blizzard warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 15
- Busiest month
- December6 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20204 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 17, 3:48 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 38 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:49 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:57 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:39 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:05 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 9 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:19 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Stevens and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:38 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 21 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:51 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:32 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 26 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:23 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 31 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:38 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:28 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 7 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 22, 9:08 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:24 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 23 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:58 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake and 2 more | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Big Stone County3
- Traverse County3
- Brown County3
- Chippewa County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Redwood County3
- Renville County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Watonwan County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Murray County3
- Pipestone County3
- Clay County3
- Grant County3
- Marshall County3
- Norman County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Polk County3
- Wilkin County3
- Blue Earth County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Martin County2
- Nicollet County2
- Pope County2
- Sibley County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Jackson County2
- Nobles County2
- Rock County2
- Kittson County2
- Dodge County2
- Mower County2
37 more counties
- Olmsted County2
- Fillmore County1
- Becker County1
- Clearwater County1
- Hubbard County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Wadena County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Carver County1
- Chisago County1
- Dakota County1
- Douglas County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- McLeod County1
- Meeker County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Ramsey County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Stearns County1
- Todd County1
- Washington County1
- Wright County1
- Aitkin County1
- Carlton County1
- Cass County1
- Cook County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Lake County1
- Pine County1
- Saint Louis 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.