Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 1998
36 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 36
- Busiest month
- May11 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 18, 19983 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 6 hr |
| May 14, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Cass, Cook, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 24 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Cass and 37 more | 7 hr |
| May 17, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 48 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Kittson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown and 54 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Cass, Clay and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Rock | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Winona | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Yellow Medicine | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carlton, Carver and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chisago, Crow Wing and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kanabec County14
- Mille Lacs County14
- Benton County13
- Douglas County13
- Morrison County13
- Pine County13
- Crow Wing County13
- Wadena County13
- Grant County12
- Aitkin County12
- Cass County12
- Otter Tail County12
- Todd County12
- Anoka County11
- Isanti County11
- Pope County11
- Hubbard County11
- Chisago County10
- Sherburne County10
- Stearns County10
- Wright County10
- Carlton County10
- Fillmore County10
- Houston County10
- Chippewa County9
- Dakota County9
- Hennepin County9
- Scott County9
- Stevens County9
- Swift County9
- Washington County9
- Itasca County9
- Wabasha County9
- Winona County9
- Blue Earth County9
- Dodge County9
- Waseca County9
- Watonwan County9
- Becker County9
- Clay County9
47 more counties
- Mahnomen County9
- Norman County9
- Wilkin County9
- Carver County8
- Kandiyohi County8
- Lac qui Parle County8
- McLeod County8
- Meeker County8
- Ramsey County8
- Faribault County8
- Freeborn County8
- Le Sueur County8
- Martin County8
- Nicollet County8
- Rice County8
- Steele County8
- Goodhue County8
- Mower County8
- Olmsted County8
- Yellow Medicine County7
- Lincoln County7
- Sibley County7
- Polk County7
- Red Lake County7
- Renville County6
- Beltrami County6
- Saint Louis County6
- Brown County6
- Lyon County6
- Pipestone County6
- Rock County6
- Kittson County6
- Marshall County6
- Clearwater County5
- Koochiching County5
- Cottonwood County5
- Murray County5
- Nobles County5
- Redwood County5
- Pennington County5
- Traverse County5
- Lake County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Jackson County4
- Roseau County4
- Big Stone County4
- Cook County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.