Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches / 2016
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, February 2016
4 winter storm watches in February 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- February 12, 20163 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 5, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Otter Tail and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:14 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:37 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Becker County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clearwater County1
- Hubbard County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Wadena County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Chippewa County1
- Faribault County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Martin County1
- Nicollet County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Swift County1
- Watonwan County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Big Stone County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
Nearby
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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.