Flood Watches in Minnesota
152 flood watches 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 152
- Busiest year
- 202220 flood watches
- Average year
- 7over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not 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.
- Saint Louis County31
- Freeborn County26
- Aitkin County25
- Dodge County25
- Lake County25
- Houston County25
- Blue Earth County24
- Cook County24
- Pine County24
- Fillmore County24
- Olmsted County24
- Winona County24
- Carlton County23
- Faribault County23
- Martin County23
- Rice County23
- Steele County23
- Watonwan County23
- Mower County23
- Waseca County22
- Cass County21
- Crow Wing County21
- Le Sueur County21
- Nicollet County21
- Renville County21
- Sibley County21
- Wabasha County21
- Brown County20
- Itasca County20
- Goodhue County19
- Redwood County19
- Clay County18
- Dakota County18
- Scott County18
- Otter Tail County18
- Anoka County17
- Carver County17
- Hennepin County17
- McLeod County17
- Ramsey County17
47 more counties
- Washington County17
- Wilkin County17
- Wright County17
- Becker County17
- Norman County16
- Mahnomen County16
- Cottonwood County15
- Isanti County15
- Meeker County15
- Sherburne County15
- Grant County15
- Clearwater County15
- Chippewa County14
- Murray County14
- Yellow Medicine County14
- Chisago County14
- Kandiyohi County14
- Polk County14
- Stearns County14
- Jackson County13
- Nobles County13
- Kittson County13
- Koochiching County13
- Marshall County13
- Todd County13
- Pennington County13
- Red Lake County13
- Hubbard County13
- Wadena County13
- Pope County12
- Rock County12
- Swift County12
- Benton County12
- Kanabec County12
- Beltrami County12
- Douglas County11
- Lac qui Parle County11
- Pipestone County11
- Mille Lacs County11
- Morrison County11
- Roseau County11
- Lake of the Woods County11
- Lincoln County10
- Lyon County10
- Stevens County10
- Big Stone County7
- Traverse County6
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Freeborn | 32 hr |
| Sep 17, 8:08 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 59 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:26 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 8 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:23 AM CDT | Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 9 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 20 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:24 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Freeborn | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:37 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 10 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:59 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:33 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:31 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 20 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:30 PM CDT | Flood Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:07 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 36 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.