Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2015
29 severe thunderstorm watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 29
- Busiest month
- July12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 22, 20153 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Jackson and 20 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Lincoln and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Isanti and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 26 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 9 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meeker County11
- Stearns County11
- Yellow Medicine County10
- Chippewa County9
- Kandiyohi County9
- Lac qui Parle County9
- Pope County9
- Swift County9
- Lincoln County9
- Lyon County9
- Murray County9
- Nobles County9
- Pipestone County9
- Renville County9
- Rock County9
- Sherburne County9
- Wright County9
- McLeod County9
- Big Stone County8
- Morrison County8
- Stevens County8
- Cottonwood County8
- Jackson County8
- Redwood County8
- Becker County7
- Clay County7
- Douglas County7
- Brown County7
- Blue Earth County7
- Nicollet County7
- Norman County7
- Sibley County7
- Grant County6
- Todd County6
- Traverse County6
- Wilkin County6
- Faribault County6
- Watonwan County6
- Anoka County6
- Carver County6
47 more counties
- Dakota County6
- Hennepin County6
- Ramsey County6
- Scott County6
- Washington County6
- Fillmore County6
- Houston County6
- Otter Tail County5
- Wadena County5
- Martin County5
- Goodhue County5
- Le Sueur County5
- Waseca County5
- Dodge County5
- Mower County5
- Olmsted County5
- Wabasha County5
- Winona County5
- Benton County5
- Kanabec County5
- Mille Lacs County5
- Mahnomen County5
- Marshall County5
- Pennington County5
- Polk County5
- Red Lake County5
- Rice County4
- Steele County4
- Chisago County4
- Isanti County4
- Beltrami County4
- Clearwater County4
- Hubbard County4
- Cass County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Itasca County4
- Kittson County4
- Roseau County4
- Freeborn County3
- Aitkin County3
- Carlton County3
- Pine County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Cook County2
- Lake County2
- Koochiching County2
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.