River Flood Watches in Minnesota
243 river flood watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 243
- Busiest year
- 201045 river flood watches
- Average year
- 14over 18 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 County52
- Polk County26
- Scott County17
- Dakota County16
- Marshall County15
- Kittson County15
- Carver County14
- Hennepin County13
- Wabasha County13
- Wilkin County12
- Blue Earth County10
- Nicollet County10
- Washington County9
- Norman County8
- Chippewa County8
- Goodhue County8
- Yellow Medicine County8
- Crow Wing County8
- Houston County8
- Brown County7
- Wright County7
- Renville County6
- Todd County6
- Aitkin County6
- Winona County6
- Mower County6
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Sibley County4
- Ramsey County3
- Redwood County3
- Lyon County2
- Stearns County2
- Morrison County2
- Carlton County2
- Pine County2
- Jackson County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Sherburne County1
4 more counties
The latest river flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Polk | 12 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:05 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Polk | 46 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 22 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Clay | 21 days |
| Mar 23, 6:43 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Kittson | 13 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.