Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota
1,247 flash flood warnings since 1986. 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 1,247
- Busiest year
- 200592 flash flood warnings
- Average year
- 32over 39 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hennepin County74
- Saint Louis County69
- Polk County61
- Dakota County59
- Fillmore County57
- Nobles County57
- Mower County56
- Ramsey County53
- Winona County52
- Rock County50
- Blue Earth County49
- Houston County48
- Jackson County48
- Murray County46
- Freeborn County45
- Otter Tail County45
- Scott County44
- Wilkin County44
- Olmsted County43
- Goodhue County43
- Cottonwood County42
- Wabasha County42
- Pipestone County42
- Faribault County41
- Clay County41
- Pine County40
- Anoka County37
- Washington County37
- Rice County37
- Nicollet County36
- Carver County35
- Dodge County34
- Renville County34
- Itasca County34
- Sibley County33
- Steele County33
- Waseca County33
- Carlton County32
- Martin County32
- Redwood County32
47 more counties
- Aitkin County32
- Lyon County31
- Le Sueur County31
- Lincoln County30
- Wright County29
- Stearns County28
- Lake County28
- Cass County26
- Brown County25
- Crow Wing County25
- McLeod County24
- Morrison County23
- Marshall County22
- Kittson County22
- Yellow Medicine County21
- Becker County21
- Meeker County20
- Kandiyohi County18
- Cook County18
- Watonwan County18
- Pope County18
- Sherburne County17
- Benton County16
- Red Lake County16
- Beltrami County16
- Chippewa County15
- Clearwater County15
- Norman County15
- Mille Lacs County15
- Lac qui Parle County14
- Todd County13
- Mahnomen County13
- Roseau County13
- Douglas County13
- Chisago County12
- Pennington County12
- Wadena County12
- Swift County10
- Stevens County10
- Lake of the Woods County10
- Grant County9
- Big Stone County8
- Isanti County8
- Koochiching County8
- Kanabec County7
- Traverse County7
- Hubbard County5
The latest flash flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Houston | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Nobles | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 3 hr |
Nearby
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.