Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2016
27 winter storm warnings in 2016. 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 27
- Busiest month
- December12 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- November 17, 20164 winter storm warnings
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 10:08 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 14 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 50 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 10 more | 43 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:37 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Otter Tail, Pennington and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:22 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 37 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:18 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 2 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:19 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 40 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:27 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:31 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 9 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:11 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 38 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 58 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Wadena | 29 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:12 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Goodhue, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur and 9 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 7 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 7 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 31 more | 52 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 62 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 52 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:16 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 1 more | 59 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clearwater County5
- Cook County5
- Lake County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Polk County4
- Dodge County4
- Fillmore County4
- Houston County4
- Olmsted County4
- Wabasha County4
- Winona County4
- Dakota County4
- Goodhue County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Nicollet County4
- Rice County4
- Scott County4
- Sibley County4
- Beltrami County4
- Mower County3
- Renville County3
- Marshall County3
- Pennington County3
- Red Lake County3
- Roseau County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Meeker County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Aitkin County3
- Carlton County3
- Itasca County3
- Koochiching County3
- Jackson County3
- Nobles County3
- Rock County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Brown County3
- Steele County3
- Waseca County3
44 more counties
- Mahnomen County2
- Anoka County2
- Carver County2
- Chisago County2
- Hennepin County2
- McLeod County2
- Ramsey County2
- Washington County2
- Wright County2
- Becker County2
- Chippewa County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Pope County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Murray County2
- Pipestone County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Martin County2
- Watonwan County2
- Benton County2
- Stearns County2
- Redwood County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Clay County1
- Norman County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Douglas County1
- Pine County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Todd County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Hubbard County1
- Wadena County1
- Kittson County1
- Isanti County1
- Sherburne County1
- Big Stone County1
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. Rebuilt daily.