Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, May 2026
40 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 40
- Busiest day
- May 26, 202611 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 47 min |
| May 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 14 min |
| May 17, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 42 min |
| May 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 49 min |
| May 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Rock | 62 min |
| May 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 75 min |
| May 17, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 49 min |
| May 17, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 58 min |
| May 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 50 min |
| May 17, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 43 min |
| May 17, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 56 min |
| May 17, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 66 min |
| May 17, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| May 17, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 40 min |
| May 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Olmsted | 58 min |
| May 17, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Wabasha, Winona | 58 min |
| May 24, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 38 min |
| May 24, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 65 min |
| May 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 56 min |
| May 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 57 min |
| May 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 57 min |
| May 24, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 53 min |
| May 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 52 min |
| May 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 57 min |
| May 24, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 51 min |
| May 24, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 46 min |
| May 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 36 min |
| May 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen, Norman | 39 min |
| May 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 58 min |
| May 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 29 min |
| May 26, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Pine | 56 min |
| May 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 63 min |
| May 26, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 43 min |
| May 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 29 min |
| May 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Blue Earth County7
- Faribault County4
- Rock County4
- Nobles County4
- Murray County4
- Renville County4
- Nicollet County4
- Watonwan County3
- Martin County3
- Mower County3
- Sibley County3
- Aitkin County3
- Waseca County2
- Brown County2
- Freeborn County2
- Fillmore County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Pipestone County2
- Norman County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Pine County2
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Dodge County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Meeker County1
- McLeod County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Lake County1
- Becker County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Clay County1
- Cass County1
Nearby
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.