Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2013
30 severe thunderstorm watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- June8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 21, 20133 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 18, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Norman, Wilkin | 4 hr |
| May 20, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 6 hr |
| May 29, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 7 hr |
| May 31, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Dakota, Dodge and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 32 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Clay and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Carlton, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 74 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Murray and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 28 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County11
- Norman County10
- Wilkin County10
- Becker County10
- Mahnomen County9
- Otter Tail County9
- Winona County8
- Kanabec County8
- Pine County8
- Grant County8
- Wadena County8
- Goodhue County7
- Chisago County7
- Isanti County7
- Hubbard County7
- Traverse County7
- Mille Lacs County7
- Fillmore County6
- Houston County6
- Wabasha County6
- Anoka County6
- Carlton County6
- Dakota County6
- Ramsey County6
- Washington County6
- Big Stone County6
- Cass County6
- Crow Wing County6
- Sherburne County6
- Nobles County6
- Rock County6
- Marshall County6
- Polk County6
- Clearwater County6
- Saint Louis County5
- Aitkin County5
- Benton County5
- Carver County5
- Chippewa County5
- Douglas County5
47 more counties
- Hennepin County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Le Sueur County5
- McLeod County5
- Meeker County5
- Renville County5
- Rice County5
- Scott County5
- Sibley County5
- Todd County5
- Wright County5
- Yellow Medicine County5
- Blue Earth County5
- Martin County5
- Waseca County5
- Watonwan County5
- Jackson County5
- Murray County5
- Pipestone County5
- Kittson County5
- Pennington County5
- Red Lake County5
- Itasca County5
- Mower County4
- Olmsted County4
- Lake County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Morrison County4
- Pope County4
- Stearns County4
- Stevens County4
- Swift County4
- Steele County4
- Cottonwood County4
- Beltrami County4
- Roseau County4
- Faribault County4
- Cook County3
- Dodge County3
- Brown County3
- Nicollet County3
- Redwood County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Koochiching County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Freeborn County3
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.