River Flood Warnings in Minnesota
1,533 river flood 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 1,533
- Busiest year
- 2019272 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 77over 20 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.
- Clay County177
- Marshall County105
- Polk County103
- Kittson County89
- Scott County80
- Brown County77
- Dakota County71
- Carver County70
- Norman County67
- Mower County64
- Goodhue County58
- Rock County58
- Hennepin County57
- Crow Wing County56
- Pipestone County55
- Redwood County55
- Winona County50
- Olmsted County49
- Houston County46
- Wabasha County44
- Lyon County42
- Nicollet County37
- Wright County37
- Wilkin County34
- Renville County34
- Washington County34
- Aitkin County33
- Chippewa County33
- Yellow Medicine County33
- Morrison County30
- Blue Earth County30
- Jackson County30
- Sibley County29
- Lac qui Parle County23
- Traverse County22
- Le Sueur County22
- Cottonwood County17
- Stearns County16
- Roseau County14
- Todd County14
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 11 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Houston | 63 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 39 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 39 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 22 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 50 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 17 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Houston | 35 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 22 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DLH | Lake | 7 days |
| Apr 13, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 4 days |
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.