Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, May 1998
166 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 166
- Busiest day
- May 15, 199842 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 43 min |
| May 12, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 45 min |
| May 12, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 48 min |
| May 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 61 min |
| May 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 30 min |
| May 12, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 31 min |
| May 14, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 33 min |
| May 14, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 34 min |
| May 14, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 30 min |
| May 14, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 49 min |
| May 14, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 33 min |
| May 14, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 62 min |
| May 14, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Red Lake | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 34 min |
| May 14, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| May 14, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 46 min |
| May 14, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 34 min |
| May 14, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 63 min |
| May 14, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 35 min |
| May 15, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 34 min |
| May 15, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 34 min |
| May 15, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 32 min |
| May 15, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 30 min |
| May 15, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 12 hr |
| May 15, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 13 hr |
| May 15, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 46 min |
| May 15, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 49 min |
| May 15, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 49 min |
| May 15, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 47 min |
| May 15, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 48 min |
| May 15, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 34 min |
| May 15, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 44 min |
| May 15, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 31 min |
| May 15, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 32 min |
| May 15, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 37 min |
| May 15, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 40 min |
| May 15, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 51 min |
| May 15, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 46 min |
| May 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Sibley | 63 min |
| May 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Scott | 50 min |
| May 15, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 51 min |
| May 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Wright | 63 min |
| May 15, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 31 min |
| May 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns | 56 min |
| May 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 56 min |
| May 15, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs | 58 min |
| May 15, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 58 min |
| May 15, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 63 min |
| May 15, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 63 min |
| May 15, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 64 min |
| May 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 56 min |
| May 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 56 min |
| May 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 46 min |
| May 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 55 min |
| May 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 57 min |
| May 15, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 29 min |
| May 15, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 59 min |
| May 15, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 59 min |
| May 15, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 48 min |
| May 15, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 46 min |
| May 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 60 min |
| May 15, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 63 min |
| May 15, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 60 min |
| May 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 63 min |
| May 15, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 63 min |
| May 18, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 64 min |
| May 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 64 min |
| May 18, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 60 min |
| May 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 62 min |
| May 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 59 min |
| May 18, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 58 min |
| May 18, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 67 min |
| May 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 62 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| May 18, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 47 min |
| May 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 60 min |
| May 18, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 63 min |
| May 18, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 63 min |
| May 18, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 64 min |
| May 18, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 53 min |
| May 18, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 65 min |
| May 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 61 min |
| May 18, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 63 min |
| May 18, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 64 min |
| May 18, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass | 63 min |
| May 18, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 42 min |
| May 18, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 61 min |
| May 18, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 61 min |
| May 18, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 64 min |
| May 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 63 min |
| May 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 64 min |
| May 18, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 60 min |
| May 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 66 min |
| May 18, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| May 18, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 61 min |
| May 18, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 40 min |
| May 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha | 60 min |
| May 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 60 min |
| May 18, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 65 min |
| May 18, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 62 min |
| May 18, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 30 min |
| May 18, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Winona | 58 min |
| May 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 29 min |
| May 19, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 67 min |
| May 19, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 59 min |
| May 27, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 46 min |
| May 27, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 37 min |
| May 27, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 34 min |
| May 27, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 32 min |
| May 27, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 48 min |
| May 27, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 46 min |
| May 28, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 34 min |
| May 28, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 64 min |
| May 28, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 30 min |
| May 28, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 64 min |
| May 28, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 46 min |
| May 28, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 64 min |
| May 28, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 53 min |
| May 28, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 53 min |
| May 28, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 30 min |
| May 28, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 57 min |
| May 28, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 48 min |
| May 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington | 31 min |
| May 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 32 min |
| May 28, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 54 min |
| May 30, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 59 min |
| May 30, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 59 min |
| May 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 55 min |
| May 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 57 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 56 min |
| May 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 62 min |
| May 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 48 min |
| May 30, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 44 min |
| May 30, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 64 min |
| May 30, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 51 min |
| May 30, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 44 min |
| May 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Stearns | 61 min |
| May 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 61 min |
| May 30, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 34 min |
| May 30, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| May 30, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 59 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Wright | 58 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 58 min |
| May 30, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 61 min |
| May 30, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 34 min |
| May 30, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 37 min |
| May 30, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 32 min |
| May 30, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 44 min |
| May 30, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Scott | 51 min |
| May 30, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 46 min |
| May 30, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 46 min |
| May 30, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 40 min |
| May 30, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 30, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 63 min |
| May 30, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 63 min |
| May 30, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| May 30, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 63 min |
| May 30, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 64 min |
| May 31, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 63 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stearns County12
- Saint Louis County9
- Itasca County8
- Koochiching County8
- Benton County8
- Meeker County7
- Olmsted County7
- Carver County6
- Hennepin County6
- Pine County5
- Aitkin County5
- Nicollet County5
- Rice County5
- Scott County5
- Dakota County5
- Isanti County5
- Mille Lacs County5
- Wabasha County5
- Winona County5
- Dodge County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- McLeod County5
- Carlton County4
- Cass County4
- Beltrami County4
- Morrison County4
- Sibley County4
- Wright County4
- Houston County4
- Chippewa County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Goodhue County4
- Marshall County4
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Ramsey County3
- Sherburne County3
- Washington County3
- Chisago County3
- Fillmore County3
- Renville County3
35 more counties
- Becker County2
- Lake County2
- Norman County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Rock County2
- Pope County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Anoka County2
- Kanabec County2
- Cook County2
- Swift County2
- Brown County2
- Redwood County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Waseca County2
- Hubbard County1
- Polk County1
- Red Lake County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Wilkin County1
- Clearwater County1
- Faribault County1
- Big Stone County1
- Pipestone County1
- Martin County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Todd County1
- Mower County1
- Pennington County1
- Kittson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Nobles County1
- Steele County1
- Freeborn 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.