Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Minnesota, 2014
16 blizzard watches in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- January10 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- March 29, 20144 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 2, 2:23 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:58 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:39 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:53 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 17 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:49 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:20 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:13 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:35 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 19 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:35 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 9 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:36 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:02 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Rice and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:13 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 25 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:19 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone | 48 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:26 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 48 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:30 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:47 PM CDT | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 36 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County5
- Grant County5
- Kittson County5
- Marshall County5
- Norman County5
- Otter Tail County5
- Polk County5
- Wilkin County5
- Becker County4
- Big Stone County3
- Traverse County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Pennington County3
- Red Lake County3
- Roseau County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Chippewa County3
- Douglas County3
- Faribault County3
- Freeborn County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Martin County3
- Pope County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Waseca County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Brown County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- McLeod County2
- Meeker County2
- Nicollet County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Sibley County2
- Stearns County2
- Watonwan County2
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. Rebuilt daily.