Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, August 2002
171 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 171
- Busiest day
- August 17, 200233 severe thunderstorm warnings
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By day
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Polk | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis | 70 min |
| Aug 1, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Lake | 73 min |
| Aug 1, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 16 min |
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Pipestone | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen | 54 min |
| Aug 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 79 min |
| Aug 11, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 14 min |
| Aug 11, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Washington | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley, Wright | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Sherburne | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Red Lake | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 55 min |
| Aug 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 58 min |
| Aug 28, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Hubbard | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 57 min |
| Aug 28, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 39 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Becker County13
- Polk County12
- Otter Tail County10
- Norman County8
- Cass County7
- Clay County7
- McLeod County7
- Marshall County6
- Itasca County6
- Hubbard County6
- Yellow Medicine County6
- Sibley County6
- Mahnomen County6
- Beltrami County5
- Clearwater County5
- Lac qui Parle County5
- Carver County5
- Roseau County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Pennington County4
- Wadena County4
- Pipestone County4
- Lyon County4
- Redwood County4
- Scott County4
- Rock County4
- Nobles County4
- Grant County4
- Kittson County3
- Red Lake County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Anoka County3
- Washington County3
- Wright County3
- Dakota County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Rice County3
- Pine County3
- Jackson County3
- Douglas County3
37 more counties
- Lincoln County2
- Chippewa County2
- Sherburne County2
- Swift County2
- Ramsey County2
- Murray County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Nicollet County2
- Watonwan County2
- Goodhue County2
- Big Stone County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Todd County2
- Renville County2
- Wilkin County2
- Carlton County1
- Lake County1
- Chisago County1
- Brown County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Dodge County1
- Kanabec County1
- Aitkin County1
- Traverse County1
- Pope County1
- Stevens County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Martin County1
- Faribault County1
- Meeker County1
- Benton County1
- Stearns County1
- Isanti County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Koochiching 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. Rebuilt daily.