Alert archive / Minnesota / Meeker County
Weather alerts in Meeker County, Minnesota, 2014
138 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Meeker County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 138
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 64
- Busiest month
- January26 alerts
- Busiest day
- September 20, 20145 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Meeker County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 6 | 5 | 17% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: tornado warnings | 24 | 7 | 71% | 21 | 62% | 16 min |
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 137 | 81 | 41% | 243 | 76% | 20 min |
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: flash flood warnings | 20 | 12 | 40% | 37 | 89% | 113 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2:46 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 21 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:17 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 19 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:54 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | 4 days |
| Jan 3, 2:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:04 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 9 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:48 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 17 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:46 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 14 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:51 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 38 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:53 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | 25 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:38 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | 44 hr |
| Jan 16, 6:09 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 15 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 35 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:11 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | 32 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:29 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 13 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:10 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 48 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:10 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 14 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:04 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | 25 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:35 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | 23 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:57 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | 33 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:57 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 33 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:03 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | MPX | 11 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:23 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | 56 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:32 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 28 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:44 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 27 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:36 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 17 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:31 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 31 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:11 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 22 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:07 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 19 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:54 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 31 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 20 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 27 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 32 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 53 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:35 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 28 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:49 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 32 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:46 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | 33 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:46 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 35 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:27 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 22 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:42 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 18 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:06 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 22 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:17 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | 22 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:25 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 22 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:04 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 10 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:25 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 40 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 42 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:46 AM CDT | Freezing Fog Advisory | MPX | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:41 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 28 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:06 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | 29 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 4:04 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 44 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:26 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 49 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | 28 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:54 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 42 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 38 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 7, 8:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 8, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 10, 5:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | 17 hr |
| May 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | 16 hr |
| May 16, 2:25 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | 17 hr |
| May 20, 2:08 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 31, 2:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | 37 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | 19 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MPX | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 18, 2:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | 29 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:04 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 10 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 4:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | 42 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 1:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 22, 12:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 9 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 9:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Aug 31, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 40 min |
| Aug 31, 5:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 31, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 49 min |
| Sep 3, 12:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:08 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | 18 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Sep 20, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 39 min |
| Sep 20, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Sep 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 49 min |
| Oct 1, 10:48 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 9 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | 27 hr |
| Oct 4, 1:29 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | 19 hr |
| Nov 7, 12:00 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | 18 hr |
| Nov 8, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 25 hr |
| Nov 8, 9:03 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 63 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 45 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 10:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 22, 8:06 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 28 hr |
| Nov 23, 10:15 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MPX | 5 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:42 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 26 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:42 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:06 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 33 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 69 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 36 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:41 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 31 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:18 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 20 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 26 |
| Special Weather Statement | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Blizzard Watch | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 21 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 5 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 23 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.