Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2020
34 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 34
- Busiest month
- July12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 8, 20204 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Rock | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower | 8 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 10 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton and 31 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Carlton, Carver, Chisago, Crow Wing and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota and 28 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant and 24 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wilkin County13
- Clay County12
- Norman County12
- Becker County11
- Clearwater County11
- Mahnomen County11
- Polk County11
- Beltrami County10
- Pennington County10
- Red Lake County10
- Hubbard County10
- Wadena County10
- Murray County9
- Marshall County9
- Meeker County9
- Cottonwood County8
- Jackson County8
- Le Sueur County8
- Nobles County8
- Rice County8
- Kittson County8
- Roseau County8
- Otter Tail County8
- Crow Wing County8
- Kandiyohi County8
- Brown County7
- Freeborn County7
- Goodhue County7
- Martin County7
- Watonwan County7
- Lake of the Woods County7
- Traverse County7
- Aitkin County7
- Cass County7
- Grant County7
- Swift County7
- Wright County7
- Carver County7
- Dakota County7
- Renville County7
47 more counties
- Scott County7
- Hennepin County7
- Blue Earth County6
- Faribault County6
- Fillmore County6
- Mower County6
- Nicollet County6
- Steele County6
- Waseca County6
- Big Stone County6
- Rock County6
- Anoka County6
- Carlton County6
- Chippewa County6
- Itasca County6
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Stearns County6
- Yellow Medicine County6
- McLeod County6
- Redwood County6
- Sibley County6
- Lincoln County6
- Dodge County5
- Olmsted County5
- Chisago County5
- Isanti County5
- Kanabec County5
- Mille Lacs County5
- Pine County5
- Pope County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Stevens County5
- Todd County5
- Ramsey County5
- Washington County5
- Pipestone County5
- Lyon County5
- Houston County4
- Wabasha County4
- Winona County4
- Benton County4
- Douglas County4
- Morrison County4
- Sherburne County4
- Koochiching County3
- Lake County2
- 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.