Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2011
44 severe thunderstorm watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 44
- Busiest month
- July24 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- August 1, 20114 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 9, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 28, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Grant and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown and 51 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 8 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 38 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Douglas, Hennepin and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa, Cook and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston, Winona | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 32 more | 112 min |
| Jul 30, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Carlton and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Cass, Chippewa and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Carlton, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pipestone, Rock | 5 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 7 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meeker County16
- McLeod County15
- Benton County15
- Kandiyohi County15
- Renville County14
- Mille Lacs County14
- Sherburne County14
- Chippewa County14
- Swift County14
- Pope County14
- Stearns County14
- Yellow Medicine County13
- Kanabec County13
- Wright County13
- Lac qui Parle County13
- Douglas County13
- Morrison County13
- Todd County13
- Anoka County12
- Dakota County12
- Hennepin County12
- Nicollet County12
- Ramsey County12
- Sibley County12
- Washington County12
- Stevens County12
- Brown County11
- Carver County11
- Houston County11
- Pipestone County11
- Redwood County11
- Scott County11
- Chisago County11
- Isanti County11
- Otter Tail County11
- Norman County11
- Blue Earth County10
- Fillmore County10
- Goodhue County10
- Le Sueur County10
47 more counties
- Lincoln County10
- Lyon County10
- Mower County10
- Murray County10
- Rice County10
- Steele County10
- Waseca County10
- Winona County10
- Grant County10
- Wadena County10
- Wilkin County10
- Clay County10
- Polk County10
- Becker County10
- Mahnomen County10
- Cottonwood County9
- Dodge County9
- Olmsted County9
- Rock County9
- Wabasha County9
- Pine County9
- Big Stone County9
- Pennington County9
- Red Lake County9
- Nobles County8
- Traverse County8
- Marshall County8
- Clearwater County8
- Hubbard County8
- Jackson County7
- Martin County7
- Watonwan County7
- Roseau County7
- Freeborn County6
- Aitkin County6
- Carlton County6
- Kittson County6
- Crow Wing County6
- Beltrami County6
- Faribault County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Cass County5
- Lake County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Cook County3
- Itasca County2
- Koochiching County2
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.