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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2008

45 severe thunderstorm watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
45
Busiest month
July25 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
July 11, 20084 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
May 6, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock7 hr
May 30, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona3 hr
May 31, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver and 44 more6 hr
Jun 5, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more6 hr
Jun 11, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Traverse7 hr
Jun 11, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault and 24 more5 hr
Jun 12, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 22 more6 hr
Jun 14, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 18 more7 hr
Jun 14, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 29 more6 hr
Jun 26, 6:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRock6 hr
Jun 26, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more5 hr
Jun 26, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more7 hr
Jun 27, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 39 more7 hr
Jun 27, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona4 hr
Jul 1, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Itasca and 12 more8 hr
Jul 1, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake and 2 more6 hr
Jul 6, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 9 more7 hr
Jul 7, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and 4 more7 hr
Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Wilkin5 hr
Jul 10, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 18 more5 hr
Jul 10, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge and 22 more6 hr
Jul 10, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more8 hr
Jul 10, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more5 hr
Jul 11, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur and 9 more7 hr
Jul 11, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Carlton, Carver, Chisago, Cook, Dakota and 9 more7 hr
Jul 11, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more4 hr
Jul 14, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 9 more6 hr
Jul 16, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 18 more8 hr
Jul 16, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Traverse5 hr
Jul 17, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 14 more7 hr
Jul 17, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPine5 hr
Jul 25, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGoodhue8 hr
Jul 25, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more4 hr
Jul 28, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more6 hr
Jul 29, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Beltrami, Benton, Cass, Chippewa, Clearwater and 24 more5 hr
Jul 29, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarlton, Chisago, Isanti, Pine, Saint Louis3 hr
Jul 31, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Traverse5 hr
Jul 31, 4:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 30 more4 hr
Jul 31, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Jackson, Mower and 6 more6 hr
Aug 2, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock4 hr
Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock4 hr
Aug 22, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKittson, Marshall4 hr
Aug 22, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Pine and 1 more4 hr
Sep 22, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau8 hr
Sep 26, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 14 more9 hr

By county

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

47 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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.