Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2014
22 severe thunderstorm watches in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 22
- Busiest month
- June7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 22, 20142 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston, Winona | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 58 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dodge County8
- Mower County8
- Olmsted County8
- Sherburne County8
- Carver County7
- Freeborn County7
- McLeod County7
- Meeker County7
- Steele County7
- Wabasha County7
- Waseca County7
- Wright County7
- Becker County7
- Benton County7
- Chisago County7
- Hubbard County7
- Isanti County7
- Kanabec County7
- Mille Lacs County7
- Otter Tail County7
- Wadena County7
- Fillmore County7
- Houston County7
- Anoka County6
- Blue Earth County6
- Faribault County6
- Goodhue County6
- Hennepin County6
- Le Sueur County6
- Nicollet County6
- Ramsey County6
- Rice County6
- Sibley County6
- Washington County6
- Douglas County6
- Morrison County6
- Stearns County6
- Clay County6
- Clearwater County6
- Mahnomen County6
47 more counties
- Norman County6
- Dakota County5
- Martin County5
- Scott County5
- Aitkin County5
- Cass County5
- Crow Wing County5
- Grant County5
- Pope County5
- Stevens County5
- Todd County5
- Winona County5
- Pennington County5
- Polk County5
- Red Lake County5
- Wilkin County5
- Brown County4
- Redwood County4
- Renville County4
- Watonwan County4
- Carlton County4
- Pine County4
- Swift County4
- Beltrami County4
- Big Stone County3
- Itasca County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Kittson County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Marshall County3
- Roseau County3
- Traverse County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Koochiching County2
- Chippewa County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Saint Louis County1
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.