Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, August 2023
64 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 64
- Busiest day
- August 11, 202335 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Sherburne | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 11 min |
| Aug 11, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lyon, Murray | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott, Sibley | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott and 2 more | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 57 min |
| Aug 11, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 64 min |
| Aug 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 21 min |
| Aug 11, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele | 21 min |
| Aug 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 19 min |
| Aug 11, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Otter Tail County6
- Wright County5
- Rice County5
- Polk County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Martin County4
- Wilkin County3
- Koochiching County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Pine County3
- Chisago County3
- Anoka County3
- Hennepin County3
- Washington County3
- Sibley County3
- Wabasha County3
- Winona County3
- Red Lake County2
- Clearwater County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Becker County2
- Clay County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Watonwan County2
- Morrison County2
- Kanabec County2
- Isanti County2
- Sherburne County2
- Meeker County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- McLeod County2
- Scott County2
- Wadena County2
- Steele County2
- Dodge County2
- Faribault County2
- Marshall County1
- Beltrami County1
- Pennington County1
23 more counties
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Brown County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Benton County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Renville County1
- Lincoln County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Carver County1
- Ramsey County1
- Nicollet County1
- Dakota County1
- Waseca County1
- Olmsted County1
- Fillmore County1
- Mower County1
- Freeborn County1
- Houston County1
- Goodhue 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.