Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2025
33 severe thunderstorm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 33
- Busiest month
- July16 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 27, 20253 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 21 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Isanti and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 8 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Jackson, Martin and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Cottonwood and 30 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Houston | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chippewa, Chisago and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 46 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 62 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Kandiyohi and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 35 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County12
- Murray County11
- Nobles County11
- Cottonwood County10
- Pipestone County10
- Rock County10
- Faribault County9
- Freeborn County9
- Martin County9
- Wright County9
- Lincoln County9
- Lyon County9
- Blue Earth County8
- Steele County8
- Waseca County8
- Sibley County8
- Kandiyohi County8
- Meeker County8
- Sherburne County8
- Stearns County8
- Becker County8
- Clay County8
- Norman County8
- Clearwater County8
- Mahnomen County8
- Watonwan County7
- Dakota County7
- Goodhue County7
- McLeod County7
- Rice County7
- Washington County7
- Pope County7
- Wadena County7
- Renville County7
- Beltrami County7
- Hubbard County7
- Marshall County7
- Pennington County7
- Polk County7
- Red Lake County7
47 more counties
- Brown County6
- Carver County6
- Hennepin County6
- Le Sueur County6
- Nicollet County6
- Ramsey County6
- Scott County6
- Aitkin County6
- Benton County6
- Cass County6
- Crow Wing County6
- Morrison County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Todd County6
- Big Stone County6
- Chippewa County6
- Redwood County6
- Swift County6
- Anoka County6
- Douglas County5
- Isanti County5
- Kanabec County5
- Mille Lacs County5
- Lac qui Parle County5
- Traverse County5
- Wilkin County5
- Yellow Medicine County5
- Carlton County5
- Itasca County5
- Koochiching County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Roseau County5
- Kittson County5
- Dodge County4
- Houston County4
- Mower County4
- Olmsted County4
- Wabasha County4
- Grant County4
- Stevens County4
- Lake County4
- Pine County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Chisago County4
- Fillmore County3
- Winona County2
- Cook County2
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.