Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches / 2012
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, February 2012
12 winter storm watches in February 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- February 26, 20125 winter storm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County3
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Houston County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Wabasha County2
- Winona County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Goodhue County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Martin County2
- Nicollet County2
- Redwood County2
- Rice County2
- Steele County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Beltrami County2
- Marshall County2
- Aitkin County2
- Carlton County2
- Cass County2
- Cook County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Itasca County2
- Lake County2
47 more counties
- Becker County1
- Clay County1
- Clearwater County1
- Grant County1
- Hubbard County1
- Kittson County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Norman County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Pennington County1
- Polk County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Wadena County1
- Wilkin County1
- Koochiching County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Carver County1
- Chippewa County1
- Chisago County1
- Dakota County1
- Douglas County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- McLeod County1
- Meeker County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Pope County1
- Ramsey County1
- Renville County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Sibley County1
- Stearns County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Todd County1
- Washington County1
- Wright County1
- Pine County1
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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.