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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2003

36 severe thunderstorm watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
36
Busiest month
July19 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
July 20, 20035 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 15, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 2 more6 hr
Apr 15, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 28 more6 hr
May 29, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 20 more6 hr
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock7 hr
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood and 1 more6 hr
Jun 21, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKittson, Marshall6 hr
Jun 21, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 8 more7 hr
Jun 23, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa and 21 more6 hr
Jun 23, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock6 hr
Jun 24, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge and 21 more5 hr
Jun 24, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Chippewa and 21 more6 hr
Jun 24, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 18 more5 hr
Jun 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Clay, Traverse, Wilkin6 hr
Jun 27, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant and 13 more6 hr
Jul 2, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more6 hr
Jul 2, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca and 4 more5 hr
Jul 3, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 23 more6 hr
Jul 3, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Carlton, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing and 14 more5 hr
Jul 4, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 23 more6 hr
Jul 7, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 4 more4 hr
Jul 7, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and 5 more5 hr
Jul 13, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 9 more5 hr
Jul 19, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Carlton, Carver and 24 more5 hr
Jul 19, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods and 8 more6 hr
Jul 19, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn, Grant and 12 more5 hr
Jul 19, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 7 more5 hr
Jul 20, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant, Jackson and 15 more6 hr
Jul 20, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin4 hr
Jul 20, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 15 more5 hr
Jul 20, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarlton, Lake, Saint Louis7 hr
Jul 29, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 9 more6 hr
Jul 29, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 40 more5 hr
Jul 31, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona5 hr
Aug 20, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more5 hr
Aug 25, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower6 hr
Sep 17, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 12 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. July 20, 20035severe thunderstorm watches
  2. June 24, 20034severe thunderstorm watches
  3. July 4, 20033severe thunderstorm watches
  4. July 19, 20033severe thunderstorm watches
  5. April 15, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  6. June 9, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  7. June 21, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  8. July 2, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  9. July 29, 20032severe thunderstorm watches
  10. May 30, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 23, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  12. June 25, 20031severe 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.