Alert archive / Minnesota / Stearns County

Weather alerts in Stearns County, Minnesota, 2020

122 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Stearns County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
122
Warnings
25
Watches
15
Advisories
33
Busiest month
July29 alerts
Busiest day
August 14, 202015 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

2 of 7 tornado warnings covering Stearns County in 2020 had a tornado report inside them.

Stearns County, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings7271%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings11464%633%19 min
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Twin Cities, MN: tornado warnings471568%4159%12 min
NWS Twin Cities, MN: severe thunderstorm warnings1949849%32870%20 min
NWS Twin Cities, MN: flash flood warnings181044%2685%126 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 4, 2:42 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMPX25 hr
Jan 10, 2:36 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPX18 hr
Jan 15, 2:53 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPX18 hr
Jan 15, 2:53 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchMPX21 hr
Jan 16, 11:31 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPX54 hr
Jan 18, 2:23 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPX22 hr
Jan 22, 3:49 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMPX20 hr
Feb 8, 4:30 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX34 hr
Feb 11, 8:13 PM CSTWind Chill WarningMPX38 hr
Feb 12, 4:30 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX18 hr
Feb 13, 3:41 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPX8 hr
Feb 13, 2:55 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPX18 hr
Feb 19, 3:35 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPX17 hr
Mar 4, 2:26 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMPX28 hr
Mar 28, 3:19 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX27 hr
Apr 1, 10:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPX21 days
Apr 2, 3:35 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX42 hr
Apr 7, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX61 min
Apr 14, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX114 min
Apr 19, 2:39 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMPX13 hr
Apr 20, 3:49 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMPX14 hr
Apr 24, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX29 min
Apr 27, 6:09 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMPX13 hr
May 1, 2:33 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMPX14 hr
May 2, 4:04 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMPX15 hr
May 24, 1:54 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPX7 hr
May 27, 1:16 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPX7 hr
Jun 2, 1:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 2, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX36 min
Jun 2, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX33 min
Jun 2, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX30 min
Jun 2, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX46 min
Jun 7, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX28 min
Jun 9, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX23 min
Jun 9, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX27 min
Jun 9, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX26 min
Jun 14, 3:15 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMPX17 hr
Jun 18, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX58 min
Jun 29, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPX10 hr
Jun 29, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX88 min
Jul 6, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX60 min
Jul 7, 3:05 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPX29 hr
Jul 8, 4:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX42 min
Jul 8, 3:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 8, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 8, 6:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jul 8, 7:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 9:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jul 9, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX49 min
Jul 13, 7:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 17, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPC8 hr
Jul 17, 7:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 10:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX77 min
Jul 17, 11:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jul 17, 11:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPX28 min
Jul 17, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX77 min
Jul 18, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX49 min
Jul 18, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX44 min
Jul 18, 3:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jul 18, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 18, 6:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Jul 21, 4:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX62 min
Jul 23, 3:06 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchMPX12 hr
Jul 23, 2:37 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPX66 hr
Jul 26, 2:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 26, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX30 min
Aug 7, 2:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 7, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 7, 11:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Aug 12, 7:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX56 min
Aug 14, 12:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Aug 14, 6:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX45 min
Aug 14, 6:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX66 min
Aug 14, 1:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 14, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 14, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX28 min
Aug 14, 4:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Aug 14, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX47 min
Aug 14, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX42 min
Aug 14, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPX37 min
Aug 14, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPX35 min
Aug 14, 5:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPX34 min
Aug 14, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX44 min
Aug 14, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPX26 min
Aug 14, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPX21 min
Aug 21, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 21, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Aug 21, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX50 min
Aug 22, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX46 min
Aug 22, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX28 min
Sep 9, 2:45 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryMPX28 hr
Sep 10, 2:44 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryMPX18 hr
Oct 11, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Oct 11, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Oct 11, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPX47 min
Oct 11, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPX13 min
Oct 11, 9:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Oct 11, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPX39 min
Oct 13, 2:15 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMPX34 hr
Oct 19, 2:46 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX34 hr
Oct 20, 12:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Oct 21, 4:07 AM CDTWinter Storm WatchMPX11 hr
Oct 21, 3:10 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX31 hr
Oct 31, 1:55 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMPX20 hr
Nov 7, 1:06 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMPX29 hr
Nov 9, 8:44 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX29 hr
Nov 10, 9:42 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Nov 10, 3:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Nov 14, 2:18 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMPX25 hr
Nov 23, 3:15 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX21 hr
Nov 24, 8:40 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMPX8 hr
Dec 6, 2:16 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMPX23 hr
Dec 7, 6:06 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMPX13 hr
Dec 22, 3:49 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchMPX23 hr
Dec 22, 2:50 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPX36 hr
Dec 22, 9:08 PM CSTBlizzard WarningMPX30 hr
Dec 23, 9:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 24, 2:43 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPX9 hr
Dec 28, 3:18 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPX47 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.