Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Minnesota, 2015
7 blizzard watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- March4 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- March 2, 20154 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 7, 3:36 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:38 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 8 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:36 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:53 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone | 17 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:58 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:59 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 17 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:34 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Faribault County2
- Martin County2
- Nicollet County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Sibley County2
- Watonwan County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Pipestone County2
- Kittson County1
- Marshall County1
- Pennington County1
- Polk County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Freeborn County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Jackson County1
- Nobles County1
- Rock County1
- Big Stone County1
- Chippewa County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- McLeod County1
- Meeker County1
- Pope County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Grant County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Wilkin 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. Rebuilt daily.