Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2026
14 flood watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- July8 flood watches
- Busiest day
- July 7, 20263 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 26, 1:15 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 38 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:47 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Houston | 15 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:07 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 36 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:30 PM CDT | Flood Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:31 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 20 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:33 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:59 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:37 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 10 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:24 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Freeborn | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:23 AM CDT | Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:26 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 8 hr |
| Sep 17, 8:08 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 59 hr |
| Sep 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Freeborn | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County4
- Fillmore County3
- Mower County3
- Olmsted County3
- Winona County3
- Freeborn County3
- Dodge County2
- Martin County2
- Watonwan County2
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Grant County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Wadena County1
- Wilkin County1
- Aitkin County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Pine County1
- Benton County1
- Douglas County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Pope County1
- Stearns County1
- Stevens County1
- Todd County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Chippewa County1
- Faribault County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Meeker County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.