Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, July 2026
143 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2026. 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 July 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 143
- Busiest day
- July 4, 202627 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca | 19 min |
| Jul 2, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 21 min |
| Jul 2, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Itasca | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen | 14 min |
| Jul 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 81 min |
| Jul 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stevens, Todd | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Wilkin | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 19 min |
| Jul 7, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 67 min |
| Jul 17, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 20 min |
| Jul 20, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 59 min |
| Jul 20, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Koochiching | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 68 min |
| Jul 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Pennington | 67 min |
| Jul 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard | 18 min |
| Jul 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 58 min |
| Jul 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County14
- Beltrami County10
- Itasca County10
- Polk County9
- Koochiching County9
- Hubbard County8
- Becker County8
- Stearns County8
- Pennington County8
- Lake County8
- Rock County7
- Clearwater County7
- Big Stone County7
- Lake of the Woods County7
- Roseau County7
- Marshall County7
- Traverse County7
- Cook County7
- Nobles County6
- Fillmore County6
- Lac qui Parle County6
- Aitkin County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Mower County5
- Jackson County5
- Mahnomen County5
- Cass County5
- Todd County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Kanabec County5
- Pipestone County3
- Olmsted County3
- Winona County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Chippewa County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Morrison County3
- Kittson County3
32 more counties
- Wilkin County3
- Grant County3
- Douglas County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Red Lake County3
- Wabasha County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Waseca County2
- Renville County2
- Benton County2
- Meeker County2
- Clay County2
- Pine County2
- Norman County2
- Wadena County2
- Pope County2
- Houston County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Brown County1
- Nicollet County1
- Watonwan County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Sherburne County1
- Wright County1
- Redwood County1
- Carlton County1
- Freeborn County1
- Steele County1
- Dodge 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.