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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 14 more6 hr
Jun 9, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Jackson and 20 more4 hr
Jun 20, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Lincoln and 11 more3 hr
Jun 21, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail and 3 more6 hr
Jun 22, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 36 more6 hr
Jun 22, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more4 hr
Jun 27, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens and 3 more7 hr
Jun 29, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 32 more8 hr
Jul 5, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more7 hr
Jul 5, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more4 hr
Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Isanti and 24 more8 hr
Jul 12, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more7 hr
Jul 12, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 26 more6 hr
Jul 13, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more6 hr
Jul 17, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman and 3 more7 hr
Jul 17, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 27 more5 hr
Jul 17, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock5 hr
Jul 18, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more5 hr
Jul 23, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more11 hr
Jul 25, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more3 hr
Aug 1, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas and 26 more3 hr
Aug 6, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 31 more7 hr
Aug 8, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 6 more5 hr
Aug 9, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock9 hr
Aug 12, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard and 12 more9 hr
Aug 12, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 13 more3 hr
Aug 15, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more6 hr
Sep 6, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 33 more6 hr
Sep 6, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFillmore, Houston, Mower7 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

47 more counties

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.