Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Minnesota, 2013
8 blizzard watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- February5 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- February 8, 20134 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 18, 4:11 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:09 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet and 7 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:11 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Rock | 36 hr |
| Feb 8, 11:11 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| Feb 8, 11:12 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:48 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:45 PM CDT | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:15 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Norman County3
- Polk County3
- Kittson County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Marshall County2
- Pennington County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Brown County2
- Chippewa County2
- Douglas County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Nicollet County2
- Pope County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Sibley County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Clay County2
- Cottonwood County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Becker County1
- Grant County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Wilkin County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Martin 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.