Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings / 2016
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, December 2016
12 winter storm warnings in December 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 December 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 12
- Busiest day
- December 15, 20164 winter storm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Cook County3
- Lake County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Beltrami County2
- Clearwater County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Marshall County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Houston County2
- Olmsted County2
- Wabasha County2
- Winona County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Dakota County2
- Goodhue County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Nicollet County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Rice County2
- Scott County2
- Sibley County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Kittson County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Carver County1
- Chippewa County1
- Chisago County1
29 more counties
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- McLeod County1
- Martin County1
- Meeker County1
- Pope County1
- Ramsey County1
- Sherburne County1
- Stearns County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Washington County1
- Watonwan County1
- Wright County1
- Mower County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Big Stone County1
- Aitkin County1
- Carlton County1
- Itasca County1
- Koochiching County1
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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.