Wind Advisories in Minnesota
1,265 wind advisories since 1986. 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 wind advisories reaches back to 2005.
Wind Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 1,265
- Busiest year
- 200795 wind advisories
- Average year
- 58over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Murray County266
- Lyon County258
- Jackson County257
- Cottonwood County254
- Lincoln County253
- Nobles County253
- Pipestone County247
- Polk County225
- Rock County222
- Clay County221
- Marshall County219
- Wilkin County218
- Norman County212
- Kittson County210
- Redwood County207
- Martin County206
- Watonwan County205
- Yellow Medicine County204
- Big Stone County201
- Traverse County201
- Brown County200
- Lac qui Parle County192
- Blue Earth County186
- Faribault County186
- Chippewa County177
- Renville County170
- Swift County166
- Otter Tail County165
- Freeborn County163
- Nicollet County162
- Waseca County161
- Grant County157
- Stevens County156
- Kandiyohi County148
- Steele County146
- Becker County144
- Pope County142
- Sibley County138
- Pennington County136
- Red Lake County136
47 more counties
- Mahnomen County132
- Douglas County129
- Le Sueur County124
- Dodge County122
- Mower County122
- Olmsted County122
- Fillmore County120
- Roseau County113
- McLeod County111
- Meeker County105
- Rice County100
- Stearns County92
- Cook County88
- Saint Louis County87
- Goodhue County83
- Todd County79
- Scott County77
- Carver County76
- Dakota County76
- Lake County75
- Wright County72
- Clearwater County69
- Hennepin County69
- Wabasha County69
- Winona County67
- Houston County65
- Ramsey County62
- Anoka County61
- Carlton County61
- Sherburne County61
- Washington County60
- Benton County58
- Morrison County54
- Wadena County54
- Hubbard County48
- Mille Lacs County44
- Isanti County43
- Beltrami County41
- Chisago County41
- Kanabec County39
- Cass County37
- Aitkin County36
- Crow Wing County35
- Lake of the Woods County35
- Pine County29
- Itasca County25
- Koochiching County16
The latest wind advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 11:51 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 30 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard, Wadena | 87 min |
| Jun 29, 10:29 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Wilkin | 91 min |
| Jun 16, 12:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 99 min |
| May 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 4 more | 23 hr |
| May 13, 2:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 32 hr |
| May 12, 3:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 4 hr |
| May 11, 1:02 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 3 more | 31 hr |
| May 11, 11:29 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 32 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 15 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.