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Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1986

27 tornado warnings in 1986. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
27
Busiest month
July14 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 27, 19864 tornado 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 6:38 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDNobles37 min
Apr 26, 6:38 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDRock37 min
Apr 26, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDNobles, Rock29 min
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDNobles, Rock35 min
Apr 27, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne33 min
May 12, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright29 min
May 12, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright2 min
May 29, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCottonwood29 min
Jun 3, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAitkin39 min
Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur21 min
Jun 15, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn20 min
Jun 21, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis55 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail30 min
Jul 3, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk47 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay48 min
Jul 10, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay54 min
Jul 10, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay60 min
Jul 18, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey36 min
Jul 18, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRamsey, Washington27 min
Jul 18, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington32 min
Jul 18, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin32 min
Jul 26, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa30 min
Jul 26, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville43 min
Jul 26, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Renville24 min
Jul 26, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFStevens42 min
Jul 27, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker54 min
Jul 27, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk59 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 27, 19864tornado warnings
  2. July 18, 19864tornado warnings
  3. July 27, 19864tornado warnings
  4. May 12, 19862tornado warnings
  5. June 16, 19862tornado warnings
  6. July 10, 19862tornado warnings
  7. April 28, 19861tornado warnings
  8. May 29, 19861tornado warnings
  9. June 3, 19861tornado warnings
  10. June 21, 19861tornado warnings
  11. June 26, 19861tornado warnings
  12. July 4, 19861tornado warnings

Nearby

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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. Rebuilt daily.