High Wind Warnings in Minnesota
140 high wind 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 140
- Busiest year
- 202519 high wind warnings
- 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.
- Wilkin County25
- Lyon County24
- Murray County24
- Big Stone County22
- Rock County22
- Traverse County22
- Clay County22
- Cottonwood County21
- Lincoln County21
- Marshall County21
- Nobles County21
- Pipestone County21
- Polk County21
- Jackson County20
- Norman County20
- Kittson County18
- Brown County16
- Grant County15
- Lac qui Parle County14
- Redwood County14
- Yellow Medicine County14
- Chippewa County13
- Nicollet County13
- Stevens County13
- Watonwan County13
- Otter Tail County13
- Martin County12
- Pope County12
- Swift County12
- Blue Earth County11
- Faribault County11
- Renville County11
- Douglas County10
- Kandiyohi County10
- Cook County10
- Freeborn County9
- Sibley County9
- Roseau County8
- Waseca County8
- Becker County8
45 more counties
- Le Sueur County8
- Carver County7
- McLeod County7
- Rice County7
- Steele County7
- Pennington County7
- Red Lake County7
- Dakota County6
- Goodhue County6
- Hennepin County6
- Mahnomen County6
- Ramsey County6
- Scott County6
- Washington County6
- Stearns County6
- Houston County6
- Meeker County6
- Sherburne County6
- Wright County6
- Todd County5
- Mower County5
- Wadena County5
- Carlton County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Anoka County5
- Benton County5
- Winona County5
- Clearwater County4
- Chisago County4
- Dodge County4
- Fillmore County4
- Isanti County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Olmsted County4
- Wabasha County4
- Morrison County3
- Aitkin County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Hubbard County2
- Kanabec County2
- Cass County2
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Beltrami County1
- Lake County1
- Pine County1
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:26 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 59 min |
| Mar 15, 2:56 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DLH | Cook | 23 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:22 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 29 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:01 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:15 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:53 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 41 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:49 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:21 AM CST | High Wind Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:02 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DLH | Cook | 37 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:37 AM CST | High Wind Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 7 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.