Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Minnesota, 2008
9 blizzard watches in 2008. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- December7 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- December 12, 20084 blizzard watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:47 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:29 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 11 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:25 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 37 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:39 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:49 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:09 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 36 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:22 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 14 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:39 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:43 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 36 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Becker County2
- Clay County2
- Grant County2
- Kittson County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Wilkin County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Pipestone County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Chippewa County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Clearwater County1
- Carlton County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Nobles County1
- Rock County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Faribault County1
- Martin County1
- Nicollet County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Watonwan 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.