Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2023
6 flood watches in 2023. 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 in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- May2 flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 12, 20232 flood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:10 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 50 hr |
| May 12, 1:01 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 9 more | 48 hr |
| May 12, 1:22 PM CDT | Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles | 48 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:33 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Wabasha | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DLH | Carlton, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carlton County2
- Lake County2
- Pine County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Aitkin County1
- Cass County1
- Cook County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Itasca County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Martin County1
- Nicollet County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Rice County1
- Sibley County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Watonwan County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Anoka County1
- Carver County1
- Chisago County1
- Dakota County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Ramsey County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Washington County1
2 more counties
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.