Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings / 2020
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, January 2020
5 blizzard warnings in January 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 January 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 5
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20204 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Chippewa County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Martin County1
- Nicollet County1
- Pope County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Sibley County1
- Steele County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Waseca County1
- Watonwan County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Clay County1
- Grant County1
- Kittson County1
- Marshall County1
- Norman County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Polk County1
- Wilkin County1
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
2 more counties
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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.