Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, May 2012

184 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 184
Busiest day: May 28, 201237 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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 1, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	33 min
May 1, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone	29 min
May 1, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	35 min
May 1, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	47 min
May 1, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	33 min
May 1, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	67 min
May 1, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Pipestone	29 min
May 1, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Yellow Medicine	32 min
May 1, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon, Murray	26 min
May 1, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Stearns	37 min
May 1, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood	52 min
May 1, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Sherburne	46 min
May 1, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	62 min
May 1, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Murray	34 min
May 1, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	34 min
May 1, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	52 min
May 1, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Sibley	51 min
May 1, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec	45 min
May 1, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	28 min
May 1, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood	23 min
May 1, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti	37 min
May 1, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Sibley	66 min
May 1, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	25 min
May 2, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan	53 min
May 2, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca	55 min
May 2, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice, Steele	60 min
May 2, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	60 min
May 2, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge	28 min
May 2, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca	47 min
May 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown	63 min
May 2, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha, Winona	38 min
May 2, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	61 min
May 2, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice, Steele	60 min
May 2, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	65 min
May 2, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	33 min
May 2, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	29 min
May 2, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	72 min
May 2, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	17 min
May 2, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha, Winona	56 min
May 2, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	50 min
May 2, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	48 min
May 2, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Swift	50 min
May 2, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi	59 min
May 3, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin	53 min
May 3, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker	55 min
May 3, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing	50 min
May 3, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	44 min
May 3, 6:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Todd	36 min
May 3, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	25 min
May 3, 6:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Winona	47 min
May 3, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Morrison, Todd	41 min
May 3, 7:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison	41 min
May 3, 8:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	59 min
May 3, 10:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Washington	56 min
May 3, 10:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	30 min
May 3, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Waseca	20 min
May 4, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Murray, Nobles	47 min
May 4, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson	32 min
May 4, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson	24 min
May 4, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson	37 min
May 4, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	38 min
May 4, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin	13 min
May 4, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	49 min
May 4, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn	45 min
May 4, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Mower	44 min
May 4, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Mower	45 min
May 5, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Pipestone	35 min
May 5, 10:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	48 min
May 5, 11:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles, Rock	37 min
May 5, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson, Nobles	41 min
May 5, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	23 min
May 5, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley	43 min
May 5, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	24 min
May 5, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca	40 min
May 5, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone	41 min
May 5, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	14 min
May 5, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	41 min
May 5, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	41 min
May 5, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	41 min
May 5, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	63 min
May 5, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	46 min
May 5, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Pipestone, Rock	48 min
May 5, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant	22 min
May 5, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	38 min
May 5, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock	62 min
May 5, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone	65 min
May 5, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville	42 min
May 6, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Murray, Pipestone	47 min
May 6, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott	46 min
May 6, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Washington	36 min
May 18, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	35 min
May 18, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley	23 min
May 18, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	29 min
May 18, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	65 min
May 18, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood	40 min
May 18, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	45 min
May 18, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	27 min
May 18, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wadena	42 min
May 18, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns, Todd	47 min
May 18, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	23 min
May 19, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville	32 min
May 19, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville, Sibley	58 min
May 19, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Wright	52 min
May 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	43 min
May 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Sherburne	27 min
May 19, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	54 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti	38 min
May 19, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	55 min
May 19, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Rice, Scott	40 min
May 19, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	59 min
May 19, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Scott	38 min
May 22, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall, Polk	28 min
May 23, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Todd	51 min
May 23, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley	37 min
May 23, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan	28 min
May 23, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon, Murray	31 min
May 23, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Sibley	34 min
May 23, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	35 min
May 23, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles	30 min
May 23, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson, Nobles	32 min
May 24, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	27 min
May 24, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	25 min
May 24, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	39 min
May 24, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Winona	48 min
May 24, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Winona	33 min
May 24, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	35 min
May 26, 7:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon, Murray	34 min
May 26, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood	54 min
May 26, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Steele	8 min
May 26, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge	32 min
May 26, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted	38 min
May 26, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice	45 min
May 26, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	60 min
May 26, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	61 min
May 26, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Washington	57 min
May 26, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Big Stone, Traverse	52 min
May 26, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	49 min
May 26, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd	54 min
May 27, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Traverse	14 min
May 27, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	44 min
May 27, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin	43 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	34 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	49 min
May 27, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	40 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson, Murray, Nobles	37 min
May 27, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	27 min
May 27, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	48 min
May 27, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	38 min
May 27, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott	60 min
May 27, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Scott	48 min
May 27, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan	60 min
May 27, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns	61 min
May 27, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	45 min
May 27, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine	23 min
May 27, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca	55 min
May 27, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	36 min
May 27, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles, Rock	36 min
May 27, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville	53 min
May 27, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey	34 min
May 27, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Scott, Wright	51 min
May 27, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Isanti	46 min
May 27, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	57 min
May 27, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson	36 min
May 27, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec	62 min
May 27, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns	62 min
May 27, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	41 min
May 27, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs	62 min
May 27, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine	52 min
May 27, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	29 min
May 28, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	47 min
May 28, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton	36 min
May 28, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis	59 min
May 28, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	50 min
May 28, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Pine	34 min
May 28, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	47 min
May 28, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine	48 min
May 28, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	61 min
May 28, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton	44 min
May 28, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	49 min
May 28, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	45 min
May 28, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	45 min
May 28, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	42 min
May 28, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	48 min
May 28, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	49 min

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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.