Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches / 2020
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, February 2020
6 winter storm watches in February 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- February 7, 20203 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 7, 2:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:08 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Hennepin, Kandiyohi and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Martin and 4 more | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Blue Earth County2
- Faribault County2
- Martin County2
- Nicollet County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- McLeod County2
- Meeker County2
- Sibley County2
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Brown County1
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Redwood County1
- Rice County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Watonwan County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Anoka County1
- Carver County1
- Chippewa County1
- Dakota County1
- Hennepin County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Ramsey County1
- Renville 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.