Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings / 2023
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, February 2023
8 blizzard warnings in February 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 February 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 8
- Busiest day
- February 21, 20234 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wilkin County3
- Clay County2
- Grant County2
- Norman County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Chippewa County2
- Douglas County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Pope County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Becker County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Polk County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Carver County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Martin County1
- Meeker County1
- Nicollet County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
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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.