Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2009
29 severe thunderstorm watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 29
- Busiest month
- June13 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 23, 20094 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Rock | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Clay, Crow Wing and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Lac qui Parle and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Mower | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Martin and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dodge and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Norman, Wilkin | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rock County10
- Jackson County9
- Nobles County9
- Faribault County9
- Mower County8
- Murray County8
- Freeborn County8
- Martin County8
- Pipestone County8
- Fillmore County7
- Cottonwood County7
- Steele County7
- Brown County7
- Redwood County7
- Watonwan County7
- Olmsted County6
- Dodge County6
- Rice County6
- Waseca County6
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Yellow Medicine County6
- Blue Earth County6
- Nicollet County6
- Lincoln County6
- Houston County5
- Winona County5
- Big Stone County5
- Chippewa County5
- Clay County5
- Meeker County5
- Wilkin County5
- Le Sueur County5
- Sibley County5
- Lyon County5
- Wabasha County4
- Dakota County4
- Goodhue County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Traverse County4
- McLeod County4
46 more counties
- Renville County4
- Scott County4
- Kittson County4
- Marshall County4
- Norman County4
- Pennington County4
- Polk County4
- Red Lake County4
- Washington County3
- Becker County3
- Cass County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Douglas County3
- Grant County3
- Hubbard County3
- Morrison County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Swift County3
- Todd County3
- Wadena County3
- Carver County3
- Sherburne County3
- Wright County3
- Pope County2
- Stearns County2
- Stevens County2
- Aitkin County2
- Carlton County2
- Pine County2
- Anoka County2
- Hennepin County2
- Ramsey County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clearwater County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Roseau County2
- Chisago County1
- Isanti County1
- Itasca County1
- Koochiching County1
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Benton County1
- Mille Lacs 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.