Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2006
25 winter storm watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- March7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 14, 20063 winter storm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice and 3 more | 53 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 54 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cass, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 18 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Wabasha | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Freeborn, Goodhue and 15 more | 49 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 49 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:14 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 35 hr |
| Nov 9, 4:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Koochiching | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:12 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 32 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 10 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:11 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 47 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Beltrami County7
- Clearwater County7
- Kittson County7
- Lake of the Woods County7
- Marshall County7
- Pennington County7
- Polk County7
- Red Lake County7
- Roseau County7
- Norman County6
- Clay County5
- Hubbard County5
- Mahnomen County5
- Becker County4
- Wilkin County4
- Dodge County4
- Wabasha County4
- Jackson County4
- Nobles County4
- Cook County4
- Lake County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Grant County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Wadena County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Freeborn County3
- Goodhue County3
- Rice County3
- Steele County3
- Waseca County3
- Fillmore County3
- Houston County3
- Mower County3
- Olmsted County3
- Winona County3
- Koochiching County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Murray County3
- Faribault County2
32 more counties
- Martin County2
- Watonwan County2
- Cass County2
- Itasca County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Anoka County2
- Carver County2
- Dakota County2
- Hennepin County2
- Le Sueur County2
- McLeod County2
- Nicollet County2
- Ramsey County2
- Renville County2
- Scott County2
- Sibley County2
- Washington County2
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Carlton County2
- Pine County2
- Brown County1
- Chisago County1
- Redwood County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Meeker County1
- Wright County1
- Aitkin County1
- Crow Wing 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.