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Fire Weather Watches in Minnesota, 2012
51 fire weather watches in 2012. 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 51
- Busiest month
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- April 7, 20126 fire weather watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 11:56 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Mar 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 12 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:43 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:44 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 12 hr | |
| Apr 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:48 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 14 hr | |
| Apr 8, 2:52 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 13 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:35 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 8 more | 12 hr |
| May 12, 3:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 8 more | 13 hr |
| May 12, 3:11 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 14 hr |
| May 13, 7:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:08 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 16 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 36 hr | |
| Aug 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 14 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 20 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 13 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 19 hr | |
| Sep 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 14 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:27 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:53 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:02 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:51 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 12 hr | |
| Sep 18, 11:59 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Sep 18, 1:23 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 14 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 13 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:03 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:31 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 13 hr | |
| Sep 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 8 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:49 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:35 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 23 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:41 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:55 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:03 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 13 hr | |
| Oct 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:02 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:43 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brown County11
- Martin County11
- Watonwan County11
- Redwood County10
- Blue Earth County9
- Faribault County9
- Nicollet County9
- Big Stone County9
- Traverse County9
- Chippewa County9
- Lac qui Parle County9
- Renville County9
- Yellow Medicine County9
- Marshall County9
- Polk County9
- Wilkin County8
- Stevens County8
- Swift County8
- Freeborn County7
- Waseca County7
- Clay County7
- Grant County7
- Otter Tail County7
- Kandiyohi County7
- Pope County7
- Beltrami County7
- Clearwater County7
- Kittson County7
- Lake of the Woods County7
- Norman County7
- Pennington County7
- Red Lake County7
- Roseau County7
- Steele County6
- Douglas County6
- Sibley County6
- Becker County6
- Mahnomen County6
- Le Sueur County5
- Hubbard County5
39 more counties
- Wadena County5
- Goodhue County4
- Rice County4
- Dodge County4
- Fillmore County4
- Mower County4
- Olmsted County4
- Dakota County3
- McLeod County3
- Scott County3
- Todd County3
- Houston County3
- Wabasha County3
- Winona County3
- Cass County3
- Carver County2
- Hennepin County2
- Meeker County2
- Ramsey County2
- Stearns County2
- Washington County2
- Aitkin County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Pine County2
- Itasca County2
- Koochiching County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Chisago County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Sherburne County1
- Wright County1
- Carlton County1
- Cook County1
- Lake 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.