Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, April 2002
79 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2002. 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 April 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 79
- Busiest day
- April 18, 200248 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 13, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 67 min |
| Apr 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 18 min |
| Apr 18, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 22 min |
| Apr 18, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 13 min |
| Apr 18, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 14 min |
| Apr 18, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 77 min |
| Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 88 min |
| Apr 23, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wright County6
- Renville County4
- Carver County4
- Hennepin County4
- McLeod County4
- Lincoln County3
- Chippewa County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Stearns County3
- Meeker County3
- Isanti County3
- Washington County3
- Marshall County3
- Pipestone County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Lyon County2
- Todd County2
- Aitkin County2
- Itasca County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Sibley County2
- Nicollet County2
- Sherburne County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Scott County2
- Douglas County2
- Anoka County2
- Ramsey County2
- Dakota County2
- Olmsted County2
- Mower County2
- Winona County2
- Polk County2
- Pennington County2
- Rock County1
- Koochiching County1
- Stevens County1
- Big Stone County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
29 more counties
- Nobles County1
- Pope County1
- Swift County1
- Jackson County1
- Brown County1
- Martin County1
- Redwood County1
- Watonwan County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Benton County1
- Morrison County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Grant County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Waseca County1
- Pine County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Chisago County1
- Wabasha County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Red Lake County1
- Clay County1
- Norman 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.