Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings / 2026
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, April 2026
6 winter storm warnings in April 2026. 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 April 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 6
- Busiest day
- April 1, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:13 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 54 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:11 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Brown, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur and 9 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:42 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 52 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:52 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 54 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:10 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 45 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:23 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Todd | 33 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County2
- Lake County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Brown County1
- Carver County1
- Dakota County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Nicollet County1
- Ramsey County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sibley County1
- Washington County1
- Traverse County1
- Becker County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clay County1
- Clearwater County1
- Grant County1
- Hubbard County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Marshall County1
- Norman County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Pennington County1
- Polk County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Wadena County1
- Wilkin County1
- Aitkin County1
- Carlton County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.