Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, August 2025
75 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2025. 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 August 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 75
- Busiest day
- August 16, 202513 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk, Red Lake | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman and 2 more | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk, Red Lake | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine | 67 min |
| Aug 8, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Lake, Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns, Todd | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 17 min |
| Aug 8, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk, Red Lake | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 64 min |
| Aug 11, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 58 min |
| Aug 15, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 56 min |
| Aug 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone, Rock | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lyon, Murray | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County10
- Red Lake County8
- Mahnomen County7
- Pipestone County6
- Pennington County6
- Clearwater County6
- Lincoln County5
- Norman County5
- Marshall County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Stearns County5
- Big Stone County5
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Aitkin County4
- Carlton County4
- Lake County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Meeker County4
- Wright County4
- Lyon County4
- Dakota County4
- Murray County4
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Clay County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Wilkin County3
- Roseau County3
- Pope County3
- Rock County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Redwood County3
- Renville County3
- Traverse County3
- Becker County2
- Kittson County2
- Beltrami County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Pine County2
- Todd County2
28 more counties
- Cass County2
- Sherburne County2
- Chippewa County2
- Carver County2
- Hennepin County2
- Scott County2
- Brown County2
- Watonwan County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Nicollet County2
- Sibley County2
- Hubbard County1
- Wadena County1
- Itasca County1
- Cook County1
- Grant County1
- Stevens County1
- Washington County1
- Anoka County1
- Goodhue County1
- Jackson County1
- Nobles County1
- Swift County1
- McLeod County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Fillmore County1
- Olmsted County1
- Winona 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.