Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, August 2011
89 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 89
- Busiest day
- August 23, 201120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Kandiyohi, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Kandiyohi, Stearns | 67 min |
| Aug 1, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 67 min |
| Aug 1, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Sibley | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Swift | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 7:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, Wright | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington | 74 min |
| Aug 4, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 17 min |
| Aug 4, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Polk, Red Lake | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Saint Louis | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 21 min |
| Aug 8, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 17 min |
| Aug 12, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 13 min |
| Aug 12, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Polk | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Itasca | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 51 min |
| Aug 23, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 54 min |
| Aug 23, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd | 66 min |
| Aug 23, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Todd | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope, Stearns and 2 more | 56 min |
| Aug 23, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 43 min |
| Aug 23, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Stearns, Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Aug 23, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 21 min |
| Aug 26, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stearns County11
- Meeker County9
- Saint Louis County9
- Kandiyohi County8
- Polk County7
- Clearwater County7
- Beltrami County7
- Itasca County7
- Pope County6
- Wright County6
- Hubbard County6
- Swift County6
- Norman County5
- Otter Tail County5
- Isanti County5
- Koochiching County5
- Cass County5
- Clay County4
- Douglas County4
- Todd County4
- Benton County4
- Carver County4
- McLeod County4
- Sibley County4
- Hennepin County4
- Dakota County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Rice County4
- Ramsey County4
- Chippewa County4
- Anoka County4
- Aitkin County4
- Carlton County4
- Red Lake County3
- Wilkin County3
- Stevens County3
- Sherburne County3
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Becker County3
36 more counties
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Kanabec County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Pine County3
- Rock County3
- Grant County2
- Morrison County2
- Renville County2
- Goodhue County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Chisago County2
- Lake County2
- Pipestone County2
- Nobles County2
- Nicollet County2
- Marshall County1
- Pennington County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Wadena County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Lincoln County1
- Murray County1
- Jackson County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Dodge County1
- Mower County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Winona County1
- Faribault County1
- Cook 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.