Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2018
28 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 28
- Busiest month
- July10 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 8, 20183 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 1, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Douglas and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa, Cook and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse, Wilkin | 9 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Norman, Traverse, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 8 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Itasca County9
- Carlton County8
- Saint Louis County8
- Fillmore County7
- Freeborn County7
- Houston County7
- Becker County7
- Otter Tail County7
- Wadena County7
- Wilkin County7
- Aitkin County7
- Cass County7
- Lake County7
- Pine County7
- Dodge County6
- Mower County6
- Olmsted County6
- Winona County6
- Blue Earth County6
- Douglas County6
- Faribault County6
- Martin County6
- Morrison County6
- Steele County6
- Todd County6
- Waseca County6
- Clay County6
- Crow Wing County6
- Hubbard County6
- Beltrami County6
- Clearwater County6
- Goodhue County5
- Wabasha County5
- Kanabec County5
- Le Sueur County5
- Mille Lacs County5
- Rice County5
- Stearns County5
- Watonwan County5
- Cook County5
46 more counties
- Koochiching County5
- Norman County5
- Pennington County5
- Polk County5
- Red Lake County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Benton County4
- Brown County4
- Chisago County4
- Cottonwood County4
- Dakota County4
- Jackson County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Nicollet County4
- Pope County4
- Scott County4
- Swift County4
- Washington County4
- Big Stone County4
- Traverse County4
- Grant County4
- Stevens County4
- Mahnomen County4
- Kittson County4
- Marshall County4
- Roseau County4
- Anoka County3
- Carver County3
- Chippewa County3
- Hennepin County3
- Isanti County3
- McLeod County3
- Meeker County3
- Ramsey County3
- Redwood County3
- Renville County3
- Sherburne County3
- Sibley County3
- Wright County2
- Nobles County2
- Rock County2
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone 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.