Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2010
45 winter storm watches in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 45
- Busiest month
- December20 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 7, 20105 winter storm watches
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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, 2:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 14 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 37 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 21 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 7 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 13 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:10 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles | 11 hr |
| Nov 22, 4:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 35 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:08 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 11 hr |
| Nov 28, 4:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone | 12 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 11 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 11 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 22 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Pine | 14 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray | 13 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:28 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 21 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cass, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 18 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 11 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:59 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 8 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 4 more | 37 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant County9
- Otter Tail County9
- Wilkin County9
- Becker County8
- Chippewa County7
- Redwood County7
- Stevens County7
- Swift County7
- Clay County7
- Kittson County7
- Mahnomen County7
- Marshall County7
- Norman County7
- Polk County7
- Wadena County7
- Lyon County7
- Meeker County7
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Yellow Medicine County6
- Clearwater County6
- Hubbard County6
- Pennington County6
- Red Lake County6
- Cottonwood County6
- Jackson County6
- Murray County6
- Big Stone County6
- Traverse County6
- Douglas County6
- Kandiyohi County6
- Morrison County6
- Pope County6
- Renville County6
- Stearns County6
- Todd County6
- Pine County6
- Saint Louis County6
- Dodge County5
- Fillmore County5
- Mower County5
47 more counties
- Olmsted County5
- Blue Earth County5
- Brown County5
- Martin County5
- Watonwan County5
- Beltrami County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Roseau County5
- Nobles County5
- Aitkin County5
- Carlton County5
- Cook County5
- Lake County5
- Anoka County5
- Carver County5
- Dakota County5
- Hennepin County5
- McLeod County5
- Ramsey County5
- Scott County5
- Sherburne County5
- Wright County5
- Faribault County4
- Freeborn County4
- Steele County4
- Waseca County4
- Lincoln County4
- Pipestone County4
- Cass County4
- Itasca County4
- Koochiching County4
- Benton County4
- Goodhue County4
- Isanti County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Nicollet County4
- Rice County4
- Sibley County4
- Houston County4
- Wabasha County4
- Winona County4
- Washington County4
- Crow Wing County3
- Chisago County3
- Kanabec County3
- Rock County2
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.