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Weather alerts in Dakota County, Minnesota, 2012

161 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Dakota County and its neighbors

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Alerts: 161
Warnings: 51
Watches: 26
Advisories: 28
Busiest month: June44 alerts
Busiest day: June 18, 201214 alerts

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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	Lasted
Dec 31, 8:54 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	7 hr
Jan 22, 4:48 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	MPX	11 hr
Jan 22, 3:41 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	24 hr
Feb 1, 7:48 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	14 hr
Feb 2, 2:46 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	19 hr
Feb 4, 1:46 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	8 hr
Feb 20, 4:58 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	25 hr
Feb 26, 3:38 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	37 hr
Feb 27, 4:26 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	46 hr
Feb 27, 4:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	46 hr
Feb 28, 2:40 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Mar 19, 6:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Mar 19, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	38 min
Mar 26, 2:19 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	29 hr
Apr 2, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	51 min
Apr 2, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	42 min
Apr 7, 3:14 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	13 hr
Apr 8, 4:23 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	16 hr
Apr 8, 3:21 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	MPX	11 hr
Apr 9, 2:37 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	MPX	31 hr
Apr 9, 8:48 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	MPX	37 hr
Apr 11, 2:28 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	MPX	19 hr
Apr 15, 1:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Apr 15, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 15, 5:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
May 1, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 1, 6:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
May 1, 10:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
May 2, 11:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	24 min
May 3, 8:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
May 3, 10:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	56 min
May 5, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 5, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	52 min
May 5, 2:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
May 5, 9:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
May 6, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	46 min
May 6, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	46 min
May 6, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	36 min
May 17, 9:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	9 hr
May 19, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	54 min
May 19, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	40 min
May 19, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	59 min
May 19, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	38 min
May 19, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	3 hr
May 23, 3:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MPX	34 hr
May 23, 5:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
May 23, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	39 min
May 24, 1:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	3 hr
May 24, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	30 min
May 24, 1:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	3 hr
May 26, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	35 min
May 26, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	57 min
May 27, 3:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MPX	26 hr
May 27, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MPX	5 days
May 27, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MPX	3 days
May 27, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MPX	53 hr
May 27, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 27, 7:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
May 27, 8:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	6 hr
May 27, 9:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	6 hr
May 27, 10:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
May 27, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	48 min
May 27, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	40 min
May 27, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	29 min
May 28, 1:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
May 28, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 28, 3:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
May 29, 11:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	6 days
Jun 10, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 10, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Jun 10, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	63 min
Jun 14, 7:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 14, 9:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	3 hr
Jun 14, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	38 min
Jun 14, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	68 min
Jun 14, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	49 min
Jun 14, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	45 min
Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	46 min
Jun 14, 5:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	3 hr
Jun 14, 5:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	4 hr
Jun 14, 9:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Jun 14, 10:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	4 hr
Jun 15, 1:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	4 hr
Jun 15, 5:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	4 hr
Jun 15, 9:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	8 hr
Jun 17, 7:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 17, 10:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	3 hr
Jun 17, 10:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 17, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	50 min
Jun 17, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	32 min
Jun 17, 11:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	6 hr
Jun 17, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	47 min
Jun 18, 12:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	4 hr
Jun 18, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	40 min
Jun 18, 1:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 18, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	6 hr
Jun 18, 11:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	18 hr
Jun 18, 4:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MPX	56 hr
Jun 19, 2:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Jun 19, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 19, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	45 min
Jun 19, 3:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	40 min
Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	50 min
Jun 19, 4:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 19, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	64 min
Jun 19, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	52 min
Jun 19, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	34 min
Jun 20, 2:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 20, 3:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	4 hr
Jun 26, 2:21 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	30 hr
Jul 1, 4:14 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	37 hr
Jul 2, 3:06 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MPX	4 days
Jul 3, 2:00 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jul 3, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	50 min
Jul 4, 6:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	50 min
Jul 6, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 6, 9:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	49 min
Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	52 min
Jul 13, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	41 min
Jul 13, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	33 min
Jul 13, 6:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jul 13, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	52 min
Jul 15, 3:41 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	41 hr
Jul 23, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	29 min
Jul 23, 11:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jul 26, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	51 min
Aug 1, 1:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	23 min
Aug 1, 4:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Aug 1, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 1, 7:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Aug 1, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	41 min
Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 3, 10:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Aug 3, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	39 min
Aug 3, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	42 min
Aug 3, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	61 min
Aug 15, 2:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Aug 15, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 15, 5:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Aug 15, 8:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Aug 22, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	79 min
Aug 23, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	90 min
Aug 23, 9:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	3 hr
Aug 28, 3:46 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	24 hr
Sep 9, 12:05 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	57 hr
Sep 21, 3:03 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	MPX	12 hr
Sep 22, 3:14 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	MPX	29 hr
Oct 3, 2:31 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	28 hr
Oct 7, 2:03 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MPX	14 hr
Oct 8, 3:34 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	15 hr
Oct 23, 3:24 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	15 hr
Nov 10, 2:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MPX	64 min
Nov 21, 3:19 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MPX	39 hr
Dec 1, 3:03 PM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	MPX	21 hr
Dec 7, 4:18 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	23 hr
Dec 7, 3:49 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	56 hr
Dec 8, 3:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	45 hr
Dec 19, 11:59 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	30 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	29
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	11
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	35
Special Weather Statement	21
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	5
Flash Flood Warning	6
River Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Watch	3
River Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	9
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	2
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	6
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Heat Advisory	3
Cold
Freeze Warning	4
Freeze Watch	2
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	4
Fire
Red Flag Warning	3
Fire Weather Watch	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	4
Freezing Fog Advisory	1

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2011 2013

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.