Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, August 2026
8 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- August 18, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Grant and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles | 114 min |
| Aug 20, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Cook, Isanti, Kanabec and 3 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cass County2
- Clay County2
- Itasca County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Wilkin County2
- Benton County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Meeker County2
- Morrison County2
- Stearns County2
- Todd County2
- Aitkin County2
- Carlton County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- Pine County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Becker County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clearwater County1
- Grant County1
- Hubbard County1
- Koochiching County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Wadena County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Chippewa County1
- Douglas County1
- Pope County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Dodge County1
26 more counties
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Winona County1
- Jackson County1
- Nobles County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Carver County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Nicollet County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Sibley County1
- Watonwan County1
- Wright County1
- Kittson County1
- Chisago County1
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
Nearby
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.