Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Minnesota, 2016
13 blizzard watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- February5 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- February 5, 20164 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 31, 3:23 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:44 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:09 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:05 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 17 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:07 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:13 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:21 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:18 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 13 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:25 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:33 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 24 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:39 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:01 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 33 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:45 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Dodge County2
- Mower County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Martin County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Chippewa County2
- Douglas County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Pope County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Grant County2
- Kittson County2
- Marshall County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Polk County2
- Wilkin County2
- Rock County1
- Fillmore County1
- Olmsted County1
- Brown County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Meeker County1
- Nicollet 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.