Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2024
25 winter storm warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 25
- Busiest month
- January7 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- March 23, 20246 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 7, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 63 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 45 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 24 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 60 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:12 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Rock | 51 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 9 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:12 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 18 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Sherburne, Yellow Medicine | 13 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 27 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:23 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:09 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Sherburne, Washington | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:35 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 4 days |
| Mar 23, 3:36 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 29 more | 71 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:08 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 60 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:26 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 55 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:34 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 42 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 9 more | 61 hr |
| Dec 3, 11:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook | 13 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:16 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 47 hr |
| Dec 8, 10:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 13 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 23 more | 38 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:16 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 38 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County4
- Lake County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Anoka County4
- Chisago County4
- Isanti County4
- Sherburne County4
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Murray County3
- Redwood County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Wabasha County3
- Dakota County3
- Goodhue County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Nicollet County3
- Rice County3
- Scott County3
- Koochiching County3
- Clay County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Norman County3
- Polk County3
- Red Lake County3
- Washington County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Fillmore County2
- Houston County2
- Chippewa County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Winona County2
- Brown County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clearwater County2
46 more counties
- Pennington County2
- Roseau County2
- Aitkin County2
- Carlton County2
- Cass County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Pine County2
- Benton County2
- Carver County2
- Douglas County2
- Hennepin County2
- Kanabec County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- McLeod County2
- Meeker County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Morrison County2
- Pope County2
- Ramsey County2
- Renville County2
- Sibley County2
- Stearns County2
- Stevens County2
- Todd County2
- Wright County2
- Becker County2
- Grant County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Wadena County2
- Wilkin County2
- Dodge County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Martin County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Watonwan County1
- Marshall County1
- Itasca County1
- Swift County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Hubbard 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.