Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2017
31 severe thunderstorm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 31
- Busiest month
- July12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20173 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 4 hr |
| May 15, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more | 4 hr |
| May 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Grant and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Jackson, Lyon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Cass, Chippewa and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 14 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 11 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock | 7 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Brown, Cass, Chippewa and 30 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Carlton, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin and 8 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pipestone County10
- Brown County9
- Nicollet County9
- Cottonwood County9
- Lyon County9
- Murray County9
- Olmsted County8
- Wabasha County8
- Winona County8
- Blue Earth County8
- Le Sueur County8
- Rice County8
- Waseca County8
- Rock County8
- Chisago County8
- Isanti County8
- Sherburne County8
- Yellow Medicine County8
- Fillmore County7
- Houston County7
- Mower County7
- Dodge County7
- Sibley County7
- Watonwan County7
- Nobles County7
- Lincoln County7
- Pope County7
- Stevens County7
- Benton County7
- Kanabec County7
- Mille Lacs County7
- Morrison County7
- Stearns County7
- Becker County7
- Hubbard County7
- Otter Tail County7
- Wadena County7
- Douglas County7
- Freeborn County6
- Goodhue County6
47 more counties
- Steele County6
- Jackson County6
- Anoka County6
- Pennington County6
- Polk County6
- Red Lake County6
- Chippewa County6
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Redwood County6
- Swift County6
- Clearwater County6
- Grant County6
- Mahnomen County6
- Wilkin County6
- Cass County6
- Todd County6
- Dakota County5
- Faribault County5
- Martin County5
- Scott County5
- Carver County5
- Hennepin County5
- McLeod County5
- Ramsey County5
- Washington County5
- Wright County5
- Marshall County5
- Big Stone County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Renville County5
- Meeker County5
- Pine County5
- Beltrami County5
- Clay County5
- Norman County5
- Crow Wing County5
- Kittson County4
- Traverse County4
- Aitkin County4
- Carlton County4
- Roseau County3
- Itasca County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Lake County2
- Koochiching County1
- Cook 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.