Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2019
64 winter storm warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 64
- Busiest month
- February18 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- March 8, 20195 winter storm warnings
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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 5, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 40 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 6 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted | 40 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 45 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:45 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Houston | 59 min |
| Jan 26, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 35 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 6 more | 46 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 36 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 13 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 11 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 33 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 9 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 42 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 47 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:28 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 16 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 47 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 42 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 48 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 45 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 31 more | 53 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 50 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:40 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 15 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:05 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 57 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:05 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more | 57 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 56 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:09 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 33 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:07 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Hubbard, Wadena | 26 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:35 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:05 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted | 24 hr |
| May 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 20 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:41 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 4 more | 67 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 32 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 46 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 51 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 53 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 70 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:26 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 3 more | 60 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:32 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas and 20 more | 59 hr |
| Nov 29, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 9 more | 53 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:52 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 48 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:57 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd | 22 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 26 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:38 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 63 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 3 days |
| Dec 27, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 63 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:22 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 61 hr |
| Dec 29, 10:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis | 38 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County15
- Lake County12
- Carlton County10
- Cook County10
- Clay County10
- Lac qui Parle County9
- Yellow Medicine County9
- Chisago County9
- Becker County9
- Mahnomen County9
- Norman County9
- Wilkin County9
- Houston County8
- Anoka County8
- Chippewa County8
- Douglas County8
- Goodhue County8
- Hennepin County8
- Kanabec County8
- Mille Lacs County8
- Ramsey County8
- Swift County8
- Todd County8
- Washington County8
- Otter Tail County8
- Polk County8
- Aitkin County8
- Pine County8
- Itasca County7
- Koochiching County7
- Blue Earth County7
- Brown County7
- Nicollet County7
- Watonwan County7
- Fillmore County7
- Wabasha County7
- Benton County7
- Carver County7
- Isanti County7
- McLeod County7
47 more counties
- Morrison County7
- Pope County7
- Sherburne County7
- Stevens County7
- Wright County7
- Marshall County7
- Red Lake County7
- Beltrami County7
- Clearwater County7
- Hubbard County7
- Wadena County7
- Crow Wing County7
- Redwood County6
- Dodge County6
- Mower County6
- Olmsted County6
- Lincoln County6
- Lyon County6
- Winona County6
- Dakota County6
- Kandiyohi County6
- Le Sueur County6
- Meeker County6
- Renville County6
- Rice County6
- Scott County6
- Sibley County6
- Stearns County6
- Grant County6
- Pennington County6
- Cass County6
- Faribault County5
- Freeborn County5
- Martin County5
- Steele County5
- Waseca County5
- Big Stone County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Cottonwood County4
- Murray County4
- Pipestone County4
- Traverse County4
- Kittson County4
- Roseau County4
- Jackson County3
- Nobles County3
- Rock County3
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.