Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Minnesota, 2009
14 blizzard watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- January6 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- January 11, 20095 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:24 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:58 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:16 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 15 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:20 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:33 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:04 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:13 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:37 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:41 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:45 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:37 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 35 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:05 PM CDT | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 6 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:11 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 25 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:19 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Big Stone County3
- Traverse County3
- Dodge County2
- Mower County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Chippewa County2
- Douglas County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Martin County2
- Pope County2
- Steele County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Grant County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Wilkin County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Nobles County2
- Rock County2
- Clay County2
- Kittson County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Polk County2
- Brown County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Nicollet County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Sibley County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Murray 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.