Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, May 1988

20 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1988. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
20
Busiest day
May 7, 198811 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Wilkin61 min
May 7, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne58 min
May 7, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns33 min
May 7, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn38 min
May 7, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCrow Wing66 min
May 7, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass68 min
May 7, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice47 min
May 7, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott57 min
May 7, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington50 min
May 7, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha46 min
May 7, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Washington32 min
May 8, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson41 min
May 26, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Wilkin55 min
May 26, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTraverse, Wilkin55 min
May 26, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail69 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFDouglas, Otter Tail62 min
May 28, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail59 min
May 28, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Otter Tail55 min
May 28, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Pennington64 min
May 28, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall68 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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.