Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2024
34 severe thunderstorm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 34
- Busiest month
- June10 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 14, 20243 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook | 7 hr |
| May 20, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Jackson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Isanti and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Traverse, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Crow Wing and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Wabasha | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 21 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wabasha County9
- Wilkin County9
- Cass County9
- Isanti County9
- Clay County8
- Jackson County8
- Kandiyohi County8
- Pope County8
- Stevens County8
- Aitkin County8
- Benton County8
- Crow Wing County8
- Kanabec County8
- Mille Lacs County8
- Sherburne County8
- Otter Tail County8
- Wadena County8
- Blue Earth County7
- Dodge County7
- Fillmore County7
- Mower County7
- Olmsted County7
- Big Stone County7
- Swift County7
- Itasca County7
- Morrison County7
- Sibley County7
- Stearns County7
- Todd County7
- Wright County7
- Chisago County7
- Douglas County7
- Goodhue County7
- Houston County7
- Le Sueur County7
- Rice County7
- Carver County7
- Dakota County7
- Scott County7
- Norman County6
47 more counties
- Pennington County6
- Polk County6
- Red Lake County6
- Faribault County6
- Freeborn County6
- Waseca County6
- Grant County6
- Chippewa County6
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Renville County6
- Koochiching County6
- McLeod County6
- Meeker County6
- Pine County6
- Saint Louis County6
- Becker County6
- Hubbard County6
- Cottonwood County6
- Nicollet County6
- Winona County6
- Anoka County6
- Hennepin County6
- Ramsey County6
- Washington County6
- Marshall County5
- Martin County5
- Steele County5
- Watonwan County5
- Traverse County5
- Yellow Medicine County5
- Carlton County5
- Beltrami County5
- Clearwater County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Mahnomen County5
- Brown County5
- Nobles County5
- Roseau County4
- Lincoln County4
- Lyon County4
- Murray County4
- Pipestone County4
- Redwood County4
- Rock County4
- Kittson County3
- Cook County2
- Lake 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.