Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2017
29 winter storm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 29
- Busiest month
- January6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- April 29, 20175 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 8, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 18 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Rock | 71 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 21 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 12 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 31 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone | 24 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Pine | 35 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 31 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Faribault and 24 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:01 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:25 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:34 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope, Stevens and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:44 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 12 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall and 7 more | 37 hr |
| Oct 25, 11:00 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 17 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:04 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 11 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County6
- Lake County6
- Saint Louis County6
- Cottonwood County4
- Jackson County4
- Murray County4
- Blue Earth County4
- Brown County4
- Dakota County4
- Faribault County4
- Freeborn County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Martin County4
- Nicollet County4
- Redwood County4
- Renville County4
- Rice County4
- Scott County4
- Sibley County4
- Steele County4
- Waseca County4
- Watonwan County4
- Lincoln County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Chippewa County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Swift County4
- Big Stone County4
- Nobles County3
- Rock County3
- Carver County3
- Hennepin County3
- McLeod County3
- Meeker County3
- Wright County3
- Lyon County3
- Pipestone County3
- Dodge County3
- Fillmore County3
- Houston County3
47 more counties
- Mower County3
- Olmsted County3
- Wabasha County3
- Winona County3
- Goodhue County3
- Traverse County3
- Pope County3
- Stevens County3
- Itasca County3
- Grant County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Koochiching County3
- Anoka County2
- Chisago County2
- Isanti County2
- Ramsey County2
- Sherburne County2
- Washington County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Stearns County2
- Carlton County2
- Aitkin County2
- Cass County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Douglas County2
- Todd County2
- Hubbard County2
- Wadena County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clay County2
- Kittson County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Wilkin County2
- Benton County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Pine County1
- Morrison County1
- Becker County1
- Clearwater County1
- Mahnomen 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.