Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota
1,207 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 1,207
- Busiest year
- 200562 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 40over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County269
- Wilkin County267
- Norman County261
- Blue Earth County257
- Otter Tail County257
- Waseca County253
- Fillmore County252
- Meeker County252
- Kandiyohi County248
- Le Sueur County248
- Nicollet County248
- Mower County247
- Olmsted County247
- Steele County247
- Winona County247
- Goodhue County246
- Houston County246
- Freeborn County245
- Becker County244
- Nobles County244
- Faribault County243
- Rice County243
- Wabasha County243
- Dodge County242
- Jackson County242
- McLeod County241
- Sibley County241
- Wadena County241
- Stearns County239
- Renville County238
- Brown County237
- Mahnomen County236
- Watonwan County236
- Cottonwood County235
- Polk County235
- Wright County234
- Carver County232
- Murray County232
- Scott County230
- Rock County229
47 more counties
- Pope County228
- Dakota County227
- Grant County227
- Martin County227
- Pipestone County227
- Sherburne County224
- Swift County223
- Washington County223
- Todd County222
- Morrison County221
- Chippewa County219
- Isanti County219
- Hennepin County218
- Ramsey County218
- Douglas County217
- Anoka County216
- Red Lake County216
- Chisago County215
- Crow Wing County214
- Hubbard County214
- Redwood County214
- Lincoln County213
- Benton County212
- Mille Lacs County212
- Stevens County211
- Traverse County211
- Big Stone County210
- Kanabec County209
- Lyon County209
- Yellow Medicine County209
- Cass County208
- Lac qui Parle County208
- Clearwater County206
- Pennington County206
- Aitkin County201
- Pine County196
- Marshall County192
- Beltrami County187
- Carlton County181
- Itasca County174
- Kittson County165
- Roseau County162
- Saint Louis County156
- Lake of the Woods County140
- Koochiching County133
- Lake County106
- Cook County73
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 16 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pipestone, Rock | 9 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Isanti, Kanabec and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles | 114 min |
| Aug 18, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison and 5 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
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.