Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, August 2024
9 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- August 26, 20243 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cottonwood County4
- Jackson County4
- Nobles County3
- Aitkin County3
- Anoka County3
- Benton County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Brown County3
- Carver County3
- Cass County3
- Chisago County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Dakota County3
- Hennepin County3
- Isanti County3
- Kanabec County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Le Sueur County3
- McLeod County3
- Meeker County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Morrison County3
- Nicollet County3
- Ramsey County3
- Renville County3
- Scott County3
- Sherburne County3
- Sibley County3
- Stearns County3
- Todd County3
- Wadena County3
- Washington County3
- Wright County3
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Big Stone County2
- Chippewa County2
27 more counties
- Douglas County2
- Grant County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Pine County2
- Pope County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Goodhue County2
- Rice County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Traverse County1
- Wilkin County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Redwood County1
- Wabasha County1
- Carlton County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Hubbard County1
- Itasca County1
- Koochiching County1
- Martin County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Steele County1
- Houston County1
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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.