Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, July 2012
157 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 157
- Busiest day
- July 3, 201229 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Wadena | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Itasca | 19 min |
| Jul 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Koochiching | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Koochiching | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing, Saint Louis | 18 min |
| Jul 2, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 22 min |
| Jul 2, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Itasca | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Wadena | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 77 min |
| Jul 4, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Pine | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 15 min |
| Jul 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 16 min |
| Jul 6, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 18 min |
| Jul 22, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Wadena | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Wilkin | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, Sibley | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 62 min |
| Jul 29, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County30
- Itasca County21
- Aitkin County18
- Koochiching County16
- Cass County16
- Crow Wing County16
- Becker County15
- Otter Tail County12
- Polk County9
- Carlton County9
- Clay County9
- Roseau County8
- Beltrami County8
- Lake of the Woods County8
- Wadena County8
- Lake County8
- Hubbard County7
- Pine County7
- Cook County6
- Wilkin County5
- Mille Lacs County5
- Marshall County5
- Sibley County4
- Kanabec County4
- Clearwater County4
- Todd County4
- Morrison County4
- Dakota County4
- Hennepin County4
- Dodge County4
- Kittson County3
- Norman County3
- Washington County3
- Mower County3
- Renville County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Anoka County2
- Ramsey County2
- Chisago County2
- Scott County2
27 more counties
- Wright County2
- Big Stone County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- McLeod County2
- Freeborn County2
- Olmsted County2
- Steele County2
- Nobles County2
- Fillmore County2
- Brown County1
- Nicollet County1
- Benton County1
- Stearns County1
- Pennington County1
- Isanti County1
- Carver County1
- Meeker County1
- Traverse County1
- Grant County1
- Swift County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Goodhue County1
- Faribault County1
- Houston County1
- Jackson County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Red Lake County1
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Sources
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