Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2019
34 severe thunderstorm watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 34
- Busiest month
- July12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20193 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Martin and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown and 54 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Pine, Ramsey and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Rock | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant, Jackson and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 8 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 7 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Mower and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Faribault and 19 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carver County11
- Hennepin County11
- Le Sueur County11
- Ramsey County11
- Rice County11
- Scott County11
- Steele County11
- Washington County11
- Freeborn County11
- Anoka County10
- Blue Earth County10
- Chisago County10
- Dakota County10
- Goodhue County10
- Isanti County10
- McLeod County10
- Nicollet County10
- Waseca County10
- Faribault County10
- Brown County9
- Cass County9
- Pine County9
- Sibley County9
- Martin County9
- Watonwan County9
- Clay County9
- Wilkin County9
- Aitkin County8
- Crow Wing County8
- Kanabec County8
- Mille Lacs County8
- Sherburne County8
- Wright County8
- Fillmore County8
- Norman County8
- Jackson County8
- Rock County8
- Otter Tail County8
- Wadena County8
- Hubbard County8
47 more counties
- Benton County7
- Itasca County7
- Kandiyohi County7
- Meeker County7
- Morrison County7
- Pope County7
- Swift County7
- Dodge County7
- Mower County7
- Polk County7
- Cottonwood County7
- Nobles County7
- Carlton County6
- Chippewa County6
- Redwood County6
- Renville County6
- Stearns County6
- Houston County6
- Olmsted County6
- Wabasha County6
- Winona County6
- Mahnomen County6
- Douglas County6
- Grant County6
- Stevens County6
- Becker County6
- Koochiching County5
- Lac qui Parle County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Yellow Medicine County5
- Beltrami County5
- Clearwater County5
- Marshall County5
- Pennington County5
- Red Lake County5
- Murray County5
- Pipestone County5
- Big Stone County5
- Todd County5
- Traverse County5
- Roseau County4
- Lincoln County4
- Lyon County4
- Lake County3
- Kittson County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Cook 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.