Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, August 2018
86 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 86
- Busiest day
- August 27, 201829 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 31, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Norman | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 16 min |
| Aug 8, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 17 min |
| Aug 24, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 18 min |
| Aug 26, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 57 min |
| Aug 26, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 59 min |
| Aug 26, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk, Red Lake | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 53 min |
| Aug 26, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Polk | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns, Todd | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Nicollet, Waseca | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 78 min |
| Aug 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 77 min |
| Aug 27, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, Wright | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Pine | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 68 min |
| Aug 27, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Norman | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 18 min |
| Aug 31, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Steele, Waseca | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 17 min |
| Aug 31, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 17 min |
| Aug 31, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Becker County8
- Clay County8
- Otter Tail County8
- Saint Louis County8
- Koochiching County6
- Wilkin County6
- Polk County6
- Beltrami County6
- Norman County5
- Washington County5
- Cass County5
- Waseca County5
- Isanti County5
- Aitkin County5
- Mahnomen County5
- Marshall County5
- Wright County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Stearns County4
- Benton County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Chisago County4
- Pine County4
- Clearwater County4
- Dakota County3
- Hennepin County3
- Scott County3
- Goodhue County3
- Sherburne County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Kanabec County3
- Anoka County3
- Grant County3
- Hubbard County3
- Wadena County3
- Carlton County3
- Steele County3
- Meeker County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Pope County2
34 more counties
- Rock County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Murray County2
- Martin County2
- Watonwan County2
- Lake County2
- Kittson County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Faribault County2
- Nicollet County2
- Rice County2
- Freeborn County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Ramsey County2
- Winona County2
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Swift County1
- Nobles County1
- Brown County1
- Morrison County1
- Itasca County1
- Todd County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Sibley County1
- Dodge County1
- Carver County1
- Fillmore County1
- Wabasha County1
- Pennington County1
- Traverse 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.