Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches / 2018
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, December 2018
6 winter storm watches in December 2018. 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 December 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- December 25, 20185 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 11 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:52 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carlton County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone County1
- Benton County1
- Chippewa County1
- Douglas County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Meeker County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Pope County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Sherburne County1
- Stearns County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Todd County1
- Wright County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Big Stone County1
- Traverse County1
- Aitkin County1
- Cass County1
- Cook County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Itasca County1
- Koochiching County1
- Lake County1
- Pine County1
- Becker County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clay County1
- Clearwater 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.