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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 1997

37 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
37
Busiest month
July14 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
June 28, 19976 severe thunderstorm watches

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHouston4 hr
Jun 5, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona5 hr
Jun 15, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHouston, Winona5 hr
Jun 19, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFaribault, Jackson, Martin, Nobles, Rock5 hr
Jun 19, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 35 more4 hr
Jun 20, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 2 more5 hr
Jun 22, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and 2 more5 hr
Jun 23, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 15 more6 hr
Jun 27, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 3 more6 hr
Jun 27, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 18 more5 hr
Jun 28, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Stevens and 3 more6 hr
Jun 28, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more6 hr
Jun 28, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChisago, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 8 more6 hr
Jun 28, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 11 more6 hr
Jul 13, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 24 more6 hr
Jul 13, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 27 more5 hr
Jul 17, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 37 more6 hr
Jul 17, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more6 hr
Jul 18, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 22 more5 hr
Jul 18, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Houston, Winona6 hr
Jul 19, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Mahnomen and 6 more5 hr
Jul 19, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCTraverse5 hr
Jul 19, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFaribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Mower and 2 more5 hr
Jul 24, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson and 19 more6 hr
Jul 25, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 17 more6 hr
Jul 25, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more5 hr
Jul 25, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more4 hr
Jul 26, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 14 more6 hr
Aug 2, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 38 more6 hr
Aug 2, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington and 3 more4 hr
Aug 5, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Stevens, Traverse and 1 more5 hr
Sep 1, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 37 more6 hr
Sep 16, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona6 hr
Sep 18, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 28 more7 hr
Sep 19, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDakota6 hr
Oct 8, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown and 48 more6 hr
Oct 8, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake and 3 more6 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

46 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 28, 19976severe thunderstorm watches
  2. June 20, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  3. July 25, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  4. July 17, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  5. July 18, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  6. July 19, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  7. July 26, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  8. September 19, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  9. October 9, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  10. April 5, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 5, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  12. June 15, 19971severe thunderstorm watches

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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.