Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1996
56 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 56
- Busiest month
- July15 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 26, 199611 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 48 min |
| May 17, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 46 min |
| May 17, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 29 min |
| May 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 45 min |
| May 17, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 11 min |
| May 17, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 27 min |
| May 18, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 25 min |
| May 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 25 min |
| May 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 30 min |
| May 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| May 31, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 73 min |
| May 31, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dodge | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dodge, Olmsted | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 18 min |
| Jul 17, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 12:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Traverse | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 37 min |
| Oct 26, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 28 min |
| Oct 29, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Big Stone County5
- Pope County5
- Swift County4
- Stearns County4
- Carver County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Isanti County3
- Stevens County2
- Todd County2
- Pipestone County2
- Polk County2
- Dodge County2
- Meeker County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Wilkin County1
- Douglas County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Wright County1
- McLeod County1
- Sibley County1
- Freeborn County1
- Lincoln County1
- Nobles County1
- Rock County1
- Olmsted County1
- Nicollet County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Chippewa County1
- Marshall County1
- Morrison County1
- Martin County1
- Aitkin County1
- Cass County1
- Murray County1
- Jackson County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Washington County1
- Traverse County1
- Otter Tail County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.