Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2011
24 winter storm watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- March7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 18, 20116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:28 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:59 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:52 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:03 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:59 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:52 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:09 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele | 21 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 25 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 24 hr |
| Dec 2, 12:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice and 2 more | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Freeborn County6
- Steele County6
- Goodhue County5
- Dodge County5
- Fillmore County5
- Mower County5
- Olmsted County5
- Wabasha County5
- Winona County5
- Saint Louis County4
- Blue Earth County4
- Faribault County4
- Martin County4
- Waseca County4
- Houston County4
- Cook County3
- Lake County3
- Brown County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Nicollet County3
- Sibley County3
- Watonwan County3
- Big Stone County3
- Traverse County3
- Chisago County3
- Rice County3
- Kittson County3
- Marshall County3
- Pennington County3
- Polk County3
- Red Lake County3
- Roseau County3
- Chippewa County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Swift County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Anoka County2
47 more counties
- Benton County2
- Carver County2
- Dakota County2
- Douglas County2
- Hennepin County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- McLeod County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Morrison County2
- Ramsey County2
- Scott County2
- Todd County2
- Washington County2
- Becker County2
- Clay County2
- Grant County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Wadena County2
- Wilkin County2
- Aitkin County2
- Cass County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Pine County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Norman County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clearwater County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Itasca County2
- Koochiching County2
- Meeker County1
- Pope County1
- Sherburne County1
- Stearns County1
- Stevens County1
- Wright County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Carlton 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.