Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, August 1988
58 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 58
- Busiest day
- August 11, 198810 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County7
- Sherburne County6
- Norman County4
- Pine County3
- Morrison County3
- Washington County3
- Anoka County3
- Clay County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Aitkin County3
- Cass County3
- Koochiching County3
- Beltrami County2
- Todd County2
- Pennington County2
- Wright County2
- Hennepin County2
- Ramsey County2
- Isanti County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Itasca County2
- Benton County2
- Lake County2
- Becker County2
- Nobles County1
- Rock County1
- Goodhue County1
- Kanabec County1
- Chisago County1
- Marshall County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Murray County1
- Dakota County1
- Polk County1
- Clearwater County1
- Stearns County1
- Cook County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Mahnomen County1
3 more counties
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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.