Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, September 1997
4 severe thunderstorm watches in September 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 September 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- September 19, 19972 severe thunderstorm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dakota | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dakota County3
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Carver County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Goodhue County2
- Hennepin County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Le Sueur County2
- McLeod County2
- Meeker County2
- Murray County2
- Nicollet County2
- Nobles County2
- Ramsey County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Rice County2
- Rock County2
- Scott County2
- Sibley County2
- Washington County2
- Watonwan County2
- Wright County2
- Freeborn County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Chippewa County1
- Chisago County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Pine County1
- Pipestone County1
Nearby
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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.