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Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1987

39 tornado warnings in 1987. 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 1987. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
39
Busiest month
July24 tornado warnings
Busiest day
July 27, 19875 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
May 10, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue, Wabasha26 min
May 13, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota33 min
May 13, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue40 min
May 16, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami53 min
Jun 28, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine35 min
Jun 28, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey28 min
Jun 28, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin27 min
Jun 28, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington27 min
Jul 1, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk, Red Lake34 min
Jul 1, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk, Red Lake25 min
Jul 1, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClearwater35 min
Jul 5, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWright37 min
Jul 6, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWashington28 min
Jul 10, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd25 min
Jul 11, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis39 min
Jul 14, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca26 min
Jul 14, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca20 min
Jul 18, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami30 min
Jul 18, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClearwater30 min
Jul 20, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota24 min
Jul 20, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey27 min
Jul 21, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Otter Tail62 min
Jul 23, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin65 min
Jul 23, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey29 min
Jul 23, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey31 min
Jul 23, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey33 min
Jul 27, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue26 min
Jul 27, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota20 min
Jul 27, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota31 min
Jul 27, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue28 min
Jul 27, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice43 min
Jul 31, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson37 min
Aug 2, 11:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCrow Wing27 min
Aug 5, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk56 min
Aug 15, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWilkin41 min
Aug 15, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail38 min
Aug 17, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay35 min
Aug 29, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHPine57 min
Sep 5, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHLake29 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. July 27, 19875tornado warnings
  2. June 28, 19874tornado warnings
  3. July 1, 19873tornado warnings
  4. July 24, 19873tornado warnings
  5. May 14, 19872tornado warnings
  6. July 15, 19872tornado warnings
  7. July 21, 19872tornado warnings
  8. May 10, 19871tornado warnings
  9. May 16, 19871tornado warnings
  10. July 5, 19871tornado warnings
  11. July 6, 19871tornado warnings
  12. July 11, 19871tornado 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.