Alert archive / Minnesota / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in Minnesota, 2026
11 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 11
- Busiest month
- March7 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- March 11, 20263 high wind warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 4:37 AM CST | High Wind Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:02 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DLH | Cook | 37 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:21 AM CST | High Wind Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:49 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:53 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 41 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:15 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:01 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:22 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 29 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:56 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DLH | Cook | 23 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:26 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Pipestone County2
- Cook County2
- Becker County2
- Clay County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Kittson County1
- Marshall County1
- Pennington County1
- Polk County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Grant County1
- Norman County1
- Wadena County1
- Wilkin County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Nobles County1
- Rock County1
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Carver County1
- Chippewa County1
- Dakota County1
- Douglas County1
- Faribault County1
31 more counties
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Martin County1
- Meeker County1
- Morrison County1
- Nicollet County1
- Pope County1
- Ramsey County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Sibley County1
- Stearns County1
- Steele County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Todd County1
- Waseca County1
- Washington County1
- Watonwan County1
- Wright County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing 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. Rebuilt daily.