Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, July 1997
139 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 1997. 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 July 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 139
- Busiest day
- July 17, 199727 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Red Lake | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Red Lake | 17 min |
| Jul 1, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Red Lake | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Wright | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 68 min |
| Jul 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Wright | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 55 min |
| Jul 17, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 55 min |
| Jul 17, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 52 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dakota County10
- Carver County6
- Hennepin County6
- Goodhue County6
- Olmsted County6
- Chippewa County5
- Sibley County5
- Washington County5
- Yellow Medicine County5
- Wabasha County5
- Itasca County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Swift County4
- Renville County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- McLeod County4
- Wright County4
- Scott County4
- Rice County4
- Blue Earth County4
- Waseca County4
- Roseau County4
- Red Lake County3
- Meeker County3
- Anoka County3
- Ramsey County3
- Chisago County3
- Nicollet County3
- Redwood County3
- Dodge County3
- Mower County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Winona County3
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Stearns County2
- Freeborn County2
- Nobles County2
- Rock County2
- Pipestone County2
- Watonwan County2
31 more counties
- Brown County2
- Koochiching County2
- Lake County2
- Kittson County2
- Fillmore County2
- Big Stone County2
- Lincoln County2
- Pope County1
- Benton County1
- Sherburne County1
- Isanti County1
- Norman County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Aitkin County1
- Steele County1
- Cook County1
- Pine County1
- Carlton County1
- Stevens County1
- Houston County1
- Todd County1
- Traverse County1
- Lyon County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Marshall County1
- Murray County1
- Clay County1
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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.