Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2015
18 winter storm watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- December10 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 3, 20153 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 1, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:03 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 13 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted | 37 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 11 more | 36 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 36 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:52 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 14 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching | 11 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Swift and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 11 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:05 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 29 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Pine | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chippewa County4
- Redwood County4
- Renville County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Beltrami County3
- Kittson County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Marshall County3
- Pennington County3
- Polk County3
- Red Lake County3
- Roseau County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Jackson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Murray County3
- Nobles County3
- Pipestone County3
- Rock County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Brown County3
- Faribault County3
- Freeborn County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Martin County3
- Nicollet County3
- Rice County3
- Sibley County3
- Steele County3
- Waseca County3
- Watonwan County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Clearwater County2
- Koochiching County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Houston County2
42 more counties
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Anoka County2
- Benton County2
- Carver County2
- Chisago County2
- Dakota County2
- Hennepin County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- McLeod County2
- Meeker County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Ramsey County2
- Scott County2
- Sherburne County2
- Stearns County2
- Swift County2
- Washington County2
- Wright County2
- Grant County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Wilkin County2
- Douglas County1
- Morrison County1
- Todd County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Becker County1
- Clay County1
- Hubbard County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Norman County1
- Wadena County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Itasca County1
- Carlton County1
- Goodhue County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Pine 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.