Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, August 2011
10 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
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- August 1, 20114 severe thunderstorm watches
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By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Morrison County5
- Todd County5
- Becker County4
- Clay County4
- Grant County4
- Otter Tail County4
- Wilkin County4
- Benton County4
- Chippewa County4
- Douglas County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- McLeod County4
- Meeker County4
- Pope County4
- Renville County4
- Sherburne County4
- Sibley County4
- Stearns County4
- Swift County4
- Wright County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Kanabec County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Mahnomen County3
- Norman County3
- Big Stone County3
- Brown County3
- Nicollet County3
- Redwood County3
- Stevens County3
- Wadena County3
- Anoka County3
- Carver County3
- Chisago County3
- Dakota County3
- Hennepin County3
- Isanti County3
- Ramsey County3
- Scott County3
36 more counties
- Washington County3
- Polk County2
- Cass County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Hubbard County2
- Traverse County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Goodhue County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Rice County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Houston County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Wabasha County2
- Winona County2
- Pine County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Clearwater County1
- Kittson County1
- Marshall County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Aitkin County1
- Carlton County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Martin County1
- Watonwan County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
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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.