Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2023
18 blizzard warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 18
- Busiest month
- February8 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- February 21, 20234 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 26, 1:08 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 11 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:36 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 3 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:39 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:00 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 31 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:24 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:41 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 57 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:52 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 57 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:27 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 22 more | 57 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:08 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 47 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:05 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:47 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 36 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:01 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:41 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 29 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:32 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 69 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:03 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more | 64 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:48 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 36 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:32 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Cook | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Norman County6
- Polk County5
- Wilkin County5
- Kittson County4
- Marshall County4
- Clay County4
- Big Stone County4
- Traverse County4
- Grant County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Chippewa County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Pope County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Becker County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Douglas County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Carver County2
- Faribault County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Le Sueur County2
- McLeod County2
- Martin County2
- Meeker County2
- Nicollet County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Rice County2
- Scott County2
22 more counties
- Sibley County2
- Stearns County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Wright County2
- Pennington County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Rock County1
- Freeborn County1
- Anoka County1
- Chisago County1
- Dakota County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Ramsey County1
- Sherburne County1
- Washington County1
- Koochiching County1
- Cook County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.