Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2022
36 winter storm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 36
- Busiest month
- December11 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- December 19, 20225 winter storm watches
Over time
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 3, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:24 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 36 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 16 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 13 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 23 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clay, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman and 5 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook | 25 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 25 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Hennepin and 16 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 11 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:57 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:24 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:01 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:46 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more | 44 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:47 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:29 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook | 12 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Traverse | 37 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 32 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:40 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cass, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 31 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chisago | 37 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis | 37 hr |
| Dec 9, 6:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 68 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:04 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Marshall and 5 more | 58 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 13 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 48 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 45 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 5:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake and 2 more | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County10
- Saint Louis County10
- Clay County9
- Norman County9
- Lake County8
- Kittson County7
- Marshall County7
- Polk County7
- Wilkin County7
- Grant County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Traverse County5
- Pennington County5
- Red Lake County5
- Roseau County5
- Carlton County5
- Pine County5
- Big Stone County4
- Chippewa County4
- Douglas County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Pope County4
- Stevens County4
- Swift County4
- Becker County4
- Benton County4
- Aitkin County4
- Cass County4
- Brown County3
- Martin County3
- Meeker County3
- Redwood County3
- Renville County3
- Watonwan County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Jackson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
47 more counties
- Murray County3
- Nobles County3
- Pipestone County3
- Rock County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Anoka County3
- Chisago County3
- Hennepin County3
- Kanabec County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Morrison County3
- Ramsey County3
- Sherburne County3
- Stearns County3
- Todd County3
- Hubbard County3
- Wadena County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Blue Earth County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Le Sueur County2
- McLeod County2
- Nicollet County2
- Sibley County2
- Waseca County2
- Beltrami County2
- Isanti County2
- Washington County2
- Wright County2
- Clearwater County2
- Itasca County2
- Dakota County2
- Goodhue County2
- Koochiching County1
- Carver County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Steele County1
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona 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.