Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2005
62 severe thunderstorm watches in 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 62
- Busiest month
- June17 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 27, 20055 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 30, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Mower and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles | 7 hr |
| May 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock, Stevens and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Douglas and 19 more | 8 hr |
| May 18, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Clay, Cottonwood and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Lake, Mower and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chisago, Houston, Kanabec, Pine, Wabasha, Winona | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Traverse and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Douglas and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Norman, Traverse, Wilkin | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Pine, Ramsey and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine | 8 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Koochiching, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Big Stone, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Dodge and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chisago, Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha, Washington and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Rock | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Freeborn, Mower | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lincoln and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lincoln and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 18 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Traverse | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Douglas and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Pipestone, Stevens, Traverse | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Hennepin and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County19
- Waseca County18
- Steele County17
- Watonwan County17
- Cottonwood County17
- Martin County16
- Nobles County16
- McLeod County16
- Nicollet County16
- Renville County16
- Sibley County16
- Blue Earth County15
- Brown County15
- Scott County15
- Dodge County14
- Pipestone County14
- Carver County14
- Kandiyohi County14
- Le Sueur County14
- Meeker County14
- Sherburne County14
- Murray County14
- Anoka County14
- Rice County14
- Faribault County13
- Freeborn County13
- Wabasha County13
- Rock County13
- Clay County13
- Dakota County13
- Redwood County12
- Wright County12
- Chippewa County12
- Wilkin County12
- Yellow Medicine County12
- Polk County12
- Red Lake County12
- Goodhue County12
- Hennepin County12
- Ramsey County12
47 more counties
- Washington County12
- Lac qui Parle County11
- Lincoln County11
- Traverse County11
- Norman County11
- Isanti County11
- Olmsted County10
- Benton County10
- Douglas County10
- Stearns County10
- Becker County10
- Marshall County10
- Pennington County10
- Chisago County10
- Mower County9
- Stevens County9
- Pope County9
- Grant County9
- Lyon County9
- Otter Tail County9
- Mahnomen County9
- Roseau County9
- Houston County9
- Winona County9
- Kanabec County9
- Pine County9
- Beltrami County8
- Fillmore County8
- Mille Lacs County8
- Big Stone County7
- Swift County7
- Clearwater County7
- Crow Wing County7
- Lake of the Woods County7
- Wadena County7
- Todd County7
- Morrison County6
- Kittson County6
- Carlton County6
- Hubbard County5
- Koochiching County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Aitkin County5
- Cass County4
- Itasca County3
- Lake County2
- 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.