Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2023
21 severe thunderstorm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 21
- Busiest month
- July8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- August 11, 20233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Martin and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Goodhue and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Goodhue and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse, Wilkin | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Isanti, Kanabec and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carlton, Carver and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dodge County7
- Blue Earth County7
- Faribault County7
- Waseca County7
- Hennepin County7
- Isanti County7
- Le Sueur County7
- Meeker County7
- Ramsey County7
- Stearns County7
- Fillmore County6
- Houston County6
- Mower County6
- Olmsted County6
- Winona County6
- Jackson County6
- Freeborn County6
- Steele County6
- Anoka County6
- Carver County6
- Dakota County6
- Goodhue County6
- McLeod County6
- Mille Lacs County6
- Nicollet County6
- Rice County6
- Scott County6
- Sibley County6
- Washington County6
- Wright County6
- Chisago County6
- Nobles County5
- Cottonwood County5
- Martin County5
- Watonwan County5
- Wabasha County5
- Benton County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Renville County5
- Sherburne County5
46 more counties
- Kanabec County5
- Pine County5
- Murray County4
- Pipestone County4
- Brown County4
- Cass County4
- Chippewa County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Morrison County4
- Redwood County4
- Aitkin County4
- Carlton County4
- Rock County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Lincoln County3
- Pope County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Itasca County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Lake County3
- Big Stone County2
- Grant County2
- Lyon County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Todd County2
- Traverse County2
- Beltrami County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Clay County2
- Clearwater County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Wilkin County2
- Cook County2
- Douglas County1
- Wadena County1
- Koochiching County1
- Becker County1
- Kittson County1
- Roseau County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.