Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1997
78 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 78
- Busiest month
- July32 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 1, 19978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 11 min |
| Jun 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 14 min |
| Jul 1, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville, Yellow Medicine | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott, Sibley | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Houston | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 2:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Traverse | 76 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 100 min |
| Aug 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Houston | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 51 min |
| Sep 18, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 52 min |
| Sep 18, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 41 min |
| Sep 18, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 37 min |
| Sep 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 50 min |
| Sep 18, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 35 min |
| Sep 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County7
- Winona County6
- Roseau County6
- Wright County5
- Morrison County5
- Meeker County4
- Renville County4
- Kandiyohi County3
- Pine County3
- Olmsted County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Goodhue County3
- Rice County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Fillmore County2
- Lincoln County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Dodge County2
- Houston County2
- Todd County2
- Kanabec County2
- Stevens County1
- Jackson County1
- Watonwan County1
- Itasca County1
- Stearns County1
- Chippewa County1
- Anoka County1
- Isanti County1
- Hubbard County1
- Nicollet County1
- Scott County1
- Sibley County1
- Pennington County1
- Mower County1
- McLeod County1
- Clay County1
- Pipestone County1
- Sherburne County1
- Traverse County1
4 more counties
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.