Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2005
12 winter storm watches in 2005. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- December7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- November 26, 20055 winter storm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 58 hr |
| Nov 26, 11:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 34 days |
| Nov 26, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 10 more | 62 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 21 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 28 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 13 hr |
| Dec 13, 5:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Faribault and 12 more | 17 days |
| Dec 13, 11:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 8 more | 45 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 13 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 38 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Becker County3
- Beltrami County3
- Clay County3
- Clearwater County3
- Grant County3
- Hubbard County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Norman County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Pennington County3
- Polk County3
- Red Lake County3
- Wadena County3
- Wilkin County3
- Jackson County2
- Nobles County2
- Rock County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Marshall County2
- Roseau County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Cottonwood County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone County1
- Benton County1
- Brown County1
- Chippewa County1
- Douglas County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Meeker County1
- Morrison County1
- Pope County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Stearns County1
37 more counties
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Todd County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Itasca County1
- Koochiching County1
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Carlton County1
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Anoka County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Carver County1
- Chisago County1
- Dakota County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Ramsey County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Washington County1
- Kittson 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.