Alert archive / Minnesota / Washington County
Weather alerts in Washington County, Minnesota, 2019
144 weather alerts in 2019, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Washington County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 144
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- July34 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 15, 20196 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 1 tornado warnings covering Washington County in 2019 had a tornado report inside them; 4 of 4 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 8 minutes after it went out.
Washington County, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 4 | 100% | 8 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 4 | 64% | 9 | 33% | 24 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: tornado warnings | 57 | 11 | 81% | 38 | 50% | 10 min |
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 206 | 102 | 50% | 383 | 74% | 21 min |
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: flash flood warnings | 19 | 9 | 53% | 19 | 74% | 71 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 31 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:37 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 29 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:26 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 12 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 44 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:03 AM CST | Wind Chill Watch | MPX | 25 hr |
| Jan 27, 7:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:33 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | MPX | 3 days |
| Jan 28, 4:33 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 31 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:41 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 38 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 33 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:56 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 32 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:47 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 56 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 33 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:47 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 53 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:16 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 25 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 12 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 44 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 47 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 12 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 27 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:01 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 17 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:42 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 25 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:11 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 57 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:21 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 40 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 53 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:43 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | 71 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 19 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:38 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 11 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | 47 days |
| Mar 19, 11:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | 47 days |
| Mar 24, 11:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | 21 days |
| Apr 8, 4:14 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 48 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 56 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 23 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | 21 days |
| May 3, 10:54 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 9 hr |
| May 19, 2:58 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | 29 hr |
| May 20, 3:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | 34 hr |
| May 22, 8:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | 21 days |
| May 25, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | 13 days |
| May 31, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 33 min |
| May 31, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 4, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 27, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 11:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 28, 10:55 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | MPX | 17 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | 49 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:45 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MPX | 30 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 30, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 12, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 3:06 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | MPX | 24 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:19 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | 40 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 12:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 15, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 15, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 17, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | 27 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | 53 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:31 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MPX | 18 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 20, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 28, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 5, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 5, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 21 min |
| Aug 13, 5:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 12:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 21 min |
| Aug 27, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Sep 2, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 9:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | 30 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 7 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:24 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Sep 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 31 min |
| Sep 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Oct 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | 45 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 38 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 46 hr |
| Nov 26, 9:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:03 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 45 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:32 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 59 hr |
| Nov 29, 12:09 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 51 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:03 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 117 min |
| Dec 7, 3:38 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 47 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:12 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MPX | 31 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:18 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 40 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 16 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:40 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:11 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 45 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.
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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.