Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2012
47 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 47
- Busiest month
- May14 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20123 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson | 7 hr |
| May 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn and 14 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin and 5 more | 9 hr |
| May 4, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mower | 3 hr |
| May 5, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| May 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles | 7 hr |
| May 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| May 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 40 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Norman, Traverse, Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth and 58 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Norman, Traverse, Wilkin | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown and 53 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 56 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carlton, Cook, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Blue Earth County14
- Watonwan County14
- Cottonwood County13
- Steele County13
- Waseca County13
- Cass County13
- Crow Wing County13
- Jackson County12
- Brown County12
- Goodhue County12
- Martin County12
- Rice County12
- Aitkin County12
- Carlton County12
- Itasca County12
- Faribault County11
- Freeborn County11
- Le Sueur County11
- Nicollet County11
- Wabasha County11
- Carver County11
- Dakota County11
- McLeod County11
- Redwood County11
- Scott County11
- Pine County11
- Koochiching County11
- Dodge County10
- Murray County10
- Olmsted County10
- Winona County10
- Renville County10
- Sibley County10
- Clay County10
- Norman County10
- Hennepin County10
- Ramsey County10
- Washington County10
- Beltrami County10
- Saint Louis County10
47 more counties
- Nobles County9
- Lyon County9
- Wilkin County9
- Anoka County9
- Wright County9
- Becker County9
- Clearwater County9
- Hubbard County9
- Lake of the Woods County9
- Mahnomen County9
- Wadena County9
- Lake County9
- Mower County8
- Lincoln County8
- Pipestone County8
- Traverse County8
- Polk County8
- Chisago County8
- Isanti County8
- Kanabec County8
- Meeker County8
- Mille Lacs County8
- Morrison County8
- Sherburne County8
- Otter Tail County8
- Rock County7
- Big Stone County7
- Chippewa County7
- Lac qui Parle County7
- Pope County7
- Yellow Medicine County7
- Benton County7
- Douglas County7
- Kandiyohi County7
- Stearns County7
- Todd County7
- Grant County7
- Cook County7
- Fillmore County6
- Houston County6
- Stevens County6
- Swift County6
- Marshall County6
- Pennington County6
- Red Lake County6
- Kittson County5
- Roseau County5
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.