Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1989
153 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1989. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 153
- Busiest month
- May54 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 24, 198922 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 30 min |
| May 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 61 min |
| May 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 26 min |
| May 23, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 43 min |
| May 23, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 36 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 31 min |
| May 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 37 min |
| May 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 35 min |
| May 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Olmsted | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 39 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 48 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 37 min |
| May 23, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 51 min |
| May 23, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 47 min |
| May 24, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 56 min |
| May 24, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 66 min |
| May 24, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 25 min |
| May 24, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 43 min |
| May 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 66 min |
| May 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Winona | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 51 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 39 min |
| May 24, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 31 min |
| May 29, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 64 min |
| May 29, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 17 min |
| May 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 69 min |
| May 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 28 min |
| May 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 68 min |
| May 29, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 69 min |
| May 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 46 min |
| May 29, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 27 min |
| May 29, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 61 min |
| May 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 30 min |
| May 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 38 min |
| May 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Winona | 37 min |
| May 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Wabasha | 40 min |
| May 29, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha | 40 min |
| May 30, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles | 29 min |
| May 30, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 53 min |
| May 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 66 min |
| May 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 66 min |
| May 30, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Mower | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Houston, Winona | 18 min |
| Jun 29, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Stevens | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 69 min |
| Jul 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 70 min |
| Jul 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 70 min |
| Jul 5, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Koochiching | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Koochiching | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Olmsted | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted, Winona | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Stevens | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Kanabec | 72 min |
| Aug 21, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 69 min |
| Aug 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 68 min |
| Aug 30, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 54 min |
| Aug 31, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hennepin County10
- Faribault County9
- Morrison County8
- Martin County7
- Nobles County7
- Saint Louis County7
- Rock County6
- Stearns County6
- Koochiching County6
- Beltrami County6
- Freeborn County5
- Dodge County5
- Olmsted County5
- Carver County5
- Wright County5
- Aitkin County5
- Benton County5
- Mower County5
- Anoka County5
- Chisago County5
- Marshall County5
- Lake of the Woods County5
- Steele County4
- Goodhue County4
- Cass County4
- Winona County4
- Todd County4
- Sherburne County4
- Roseau County4
- Fillmore County3
- Houston County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Pine County3
- McLeod County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Pope County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Wabasha County3
- Itasca County3
- Swift County3
31 more counties
- Clay County3
- Waseca County2
- Rice County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Wilkin County2
- Ramsey County2
- Washington County2
- Isanti County2
- Stevens County2
- Clearwater County2
- Kittson County2
- Norman County2
- Blue Earth County1
- Dakota County1
- Carlton County1
- Sibley County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone County1
- Hubbard County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Watonwan County1
- Pennington County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant County1
- Kanabec County1
- Meeker County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Becker County1
- Cottonwood 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.