Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, May 2018
88 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 88
- Busiest day
- May 29, 201839 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 53 min |
| May 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 35 min |
| May 5, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 20 min |
| May 8, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 46 min |
| May 8, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 29 min |
| May 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 23, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 26 min |
| May 23, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 12 min |
| May 24, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 33 min |
| May 24, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 24 min |
| May 24, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 39 min |
| May 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 29 min |
| May 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 20 min |
| May 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 42 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 33 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake | 48 min |
| May 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 28 min |
| May 24, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 37 min |
| May 25, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 37 min |
| May 25, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 20 min |
| May 25, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 50 min |
| May 25, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 48 min |
| May 25, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 18 min |
| May 25, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 36 min |
| May 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 57 min |
| May 25, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 48 min |
| May 25, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 51 min |
| May 25, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona | 41 min |
| May 27, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 24 min |
| May 28, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 27 min |
| May 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 29 min |
| May 28, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 26 min |
| May 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington, Wright | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne | 26 min |
| May 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 51 min |
| May 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 47 min |
| May 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 38 min |
| May 28, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 34 min |
| May 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 24 min |
| May 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted | 35 min |
| May 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| May 28, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 24 min |
| May 28, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| May 29, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| May 29, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 43 min |
| May 29, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 29, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 48 min |
| May 29, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 34 min |
| May 29, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 45 min |
| May 29, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 52 min |
| May 29, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 35 min |
| May 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 39 min |
| May 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 31 min |
| May 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 45 min |
| May 29, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 26 min |
| May 29, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 33 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 42 min |
| May 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 45 min |
| May 29, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 24 min |
| May 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 39 min |
| May 29, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 51 min |
| May 29, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 34 min |
| May 29, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 27 min |
| May 29, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 39 min |
| May 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 37 min |
| May 29, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 23 min |
| May 29, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 31 min |
| May 29, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 36 min |
| May 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 50 min |
| May 29, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 40 min |
| May 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hennepin County10
- Olmsted County7
- Dakota County6
- Isanti County6
- Jackson County5
- Wright County5
- Anoka County5
- Dodge County5
- Sherburne County5
- Kanabec County5
- Mille Lacs County5
- Cass County5
- Scott County4
- Ramsey County4
- Washington County4
- Stearns County4
- Beltrami County4
- Winona County4
- Freeborn County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Crow Wing County3
- Carver County3
- Pope County3
- Red Lake County3
- Hubbard County3
- Itasca County3
- Pine County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Aitkin County2
- Renville County2
- McLeod County2
- Rice County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Goodhue County2
- Fillmore County2
- Benton County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Wadena County2
- Clearwater County2
19 more counties
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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.