Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2022
44 severe thunderstorm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 44
- Busiest month
- May14 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 12, 20223 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 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Cottonwood and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Crow Wing and 22 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pine | 4 hr |
| May 12, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 12, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 6 hr |
| May 18, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 35 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, Dodge, Fillmore, Lake, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Otter Tail and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Kandiyohi and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 23, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Aitkin County11
- Crow Wing County11
- Pine County11
- Carlton County11
- Cass County11
- Mahnomen County11
- Washington County10
- Itasca County10
- Saint Louis County10
- Grant County10
- Otter Tail County10
- Lincoln County9
- Lyon County9
- Murray County9
- Wright County9
- Stevens County9
- Norman County9
- Chisago County8
- Cottonwood County8
- Kandiyohi County8
- McLeod County8
- Meeker County8
- Pipestone County8
- Ramsey County8
- Redwood County8
- Renville County8
- Scott County8
- Beltrami County8
- Clay County8
- Pennington County8
- Polk County8
- Red Lake County8
- Wadena County8
- Wilkin County8
- Big Stone County8
- Traverse County8
- Koochiching County8
- Anoka County7
- Brown County7
- Carver County7
47 more counties
- Chippewa County7
- Dakota County7
- Hennepin County7
- Isanti County7
- Nicollet County7
- Sibley County7
- Yellow Medicine County7
- Douglas County7
- Pope County7
- Swift County7
- Todd County7
- Becker County7
- Clearwater County7
- Hubbard County7
- Marshall County7
- Jackson County6
- Le Sueur County6
- Nobles County6
- Rice County6
- Rock County6
- Sherburne County6
- Blue Earth County6
- Dodge County6
- Faribault County6
- Mower County6
- Waseca County6
- Benton County6
- Kanabec County6
- Mille Lacs County6
- Morrison County6
- Lake County6
- Kittson County6
- Lake of the Woods County6
- Roseau County6
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Goodhue County5
- Wabasha County5
- Winona County5
- Freeborn County5
- Steele County5
- Stearns County5
- Olmsted County5
- Houston County4
- Martin County4
- Watonwan County4
- Cook County4
- Fillmore County4
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.