Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, May 2011
3 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 30, 20112 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meeker County3
- Benton County2
- Brown County2
- Chisago County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- McLeod County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Nicollet County2
- Pine County2
- Sherburne County2
- Sibley County2
- Wright County2
- Chippewa County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Swift County2
- Aitkin County1
- Anoka County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Carlton County1
- Carver County1
- Dakota County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Lake County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Ramsey County1
- Rice County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Scott County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Washington County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Martin County1
- Murray County1
19 more counties
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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.