Alert archive / Minnesota / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Minnesota, 2026
5 high wind 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- March4 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 11, 20264 high wind 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 7:41 AM CST | High Wind Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 27 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:57 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:06 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:47 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:57 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone 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
- 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
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.