Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2012
23 winter storm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 23
- Busiest month
- February12 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 26, 20125 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 20, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Lac qui Parle and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:00 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:14 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 23 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:52 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Marshall | 13 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:42 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:18 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Nov 21, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:08 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:12 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 29 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:07 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 40 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Beltrami County6
- Marshall County5
- Polk County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Clearwater County4
- Kittson County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Pennington County4
- Red Lake County4
- Roseau County4
- Itasca County4
- Big Stone County3
- Traverse County3
- Fillmore County3
- Houston County3
- Mower County3
- Winona County3
- Brown County3
- Faribault County3
- Freeborn County3
- Goodhue County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Martin County3
- Nicollet County3
- Redwood County3
- Rice County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Norman County3
- Aitkin County3
- Carlton County3
- Cass County3
- Cook County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Lake County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
47 more counties
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Dodge County2
- Olmsted County2
- Wabasha County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Becker County2
- Clay County2
- Grant County2
- Hubbard County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Wadena County2
- Wilkin County2
- Koochiching County2
- Anoka County2
- Benton County2
- Carver County2
- Chippewa County2
- Chisago County2
- Dakota County2
- Douglas County2
- Hennepin County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- McLeod County2
- Meeker County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Morrison County2
- Pope County2
- Ramsey County2
- Renville County2
- Scott County2
- Sherburne County2
- Sibley County2
- Stearns County2
- Stevens County2
- Swift County2
- Todd County2
- Washington County2
- Wright County2
- Pine 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. Rebuilt daily.