Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1988
150 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 150
- Busiest month
- August58 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 7, 198811 severe thunderstorm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Houston | 52 min |
| May 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 61 min |
| May 7, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 58 min |
| May 7, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 38 min |
| May 7, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 66 min |
| May 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 68 min |
| May 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 47 min |
| May 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 57 min |
| May 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 32 min |
| May 8, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 41 min |
| May 26, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 55 min |
| May 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traverse, Wilkin | 55 min |
| May 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 69 min |
| May 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Douglas, Otter Tail | 62 min |
| May 28, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 59 min |
| May 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 55 min |
| May 28, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 64 min |
| May 28, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 68 min |
| Jun 12, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Goodhue | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Douglas, Grant | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 68 min |
| Jul 6, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Otter Tail | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 67 min |
| Jul 31, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 69 min |
| Jul 31, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 15 min |
| Aug 2, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 19 min |
| Aug 3, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Kanabec, Pine | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 68 min |
| Aug 12, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 68 min |
| Aug 12, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 68 min |
| Aug 16, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 67 min |
| Aug 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Douglas, Grant | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 69 min |
| Sep 1, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 59 min |
| Sep 18, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 55 min |
| Sep 18, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 65 min |
| Sep 18, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 64 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County15
- Clay County12
- Sherburne County9
- Otter Tail County9
- Norman County9
- Cass County8
- Becker County7
- Morrison County7
- Pine County7
- Washington County6
- Anoka County6
- Aitkin County6
- Mille Lacs County6
- Wilkin County5
- Benton County5
- Crow Wing County5
- Itasca County5
- Lake County5
- Ramsey County4
- Beltrami County4
- Koochiching County4
- Polk County4
- Todd County4
- Carlton County4
- Stearns County3
- Goodhue County3
- Wabasha County3
- Douglas County3
- Marshall County3
- Pennington County3
- Clearwater County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Dakota County2
- Dodge County2
- Olmsted County2
- Chisago County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Hubbard County2
- Grant County2
23 more counties
- Cook County2
- Wright County2
- Hennepin County2
- Isanti County2
- Houston County1
- Freeborn County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Traverse County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Steele County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Nicollet County1
- Kittson County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Meeker County1
- Red Lake County1
- Nobles County1
- Rock County1
- Kanabec County1
- Murray County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.