Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Minnesota, 2017
2 blizzard watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 2
- Busiest month
- February2 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- February 22, 20172 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 3:22 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:26 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, McLeod, Martin and 6 more | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Faribault County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Martin County1
- Nicollet County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Sibley County1
- Waseca County1
- Watonwan 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. Rebuilt daily.