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Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1998
111 tornado warnings in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 111
- Busiest month
- June57 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 27, 199825 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Rock | 51 min |
| Mar 29, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 51 min |
| Mar 29, 4:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 52 min |
| Mar 29, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 57 min |
| Mar 29, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 50 min |
| May 15, 2:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 48 min |
| May 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 29 min |
| May 15, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 48 min |
| May 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 62 min |
| May 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 50 min |
| May 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 27 min |
| May 15, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 34 min |
| May 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| May 15, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 33 min |
| May 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 44 min |
| May 18, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 48 min |
| May 18, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod | 62 min |
| May 18, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 51 min |
| May 18, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Houston | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Traverse | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 11:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 65 min |
| Sep 25, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 33 min |
| Sep 26, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rice County6
- Freeborn County5
- Dakota County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Fillmore County5
- Nobles County4
- Wabasha County4
- Nicollet County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Olmsted County4
- Winona County4
- Pine County4
- Itasca County4
- Mower County4
- Stearns County4
- Jackson County4
- Scott County3
- Rock County3
- Dodge County3
- Faribault County3
- Carlton County3
- Meeker County3
- Renville County3
- Polk County3
- Murray County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Martin County2
- McLeod County2
- Swift County2
- Morrison County2
- Stevens County2
- Houston County2
- Kanabec County2
- Sibley County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Pennington County2
- Wilkin County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Becker County2
22 more counties
- Crow Wing County2
- Cottonwood County1
- Brown County1
- Watonwan County1
- Anoka County1
- Ramsey County1
- Washington County1
- Koochiching County1
- Wright County1
- Chippewa County1
- Redwood County1
- Pope County1
- Grant County1
- Benton County1
- Waseca County1
- Steele County1
- Goodhue County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Traverse County1
- Clearwater County1
- Aitkin County1
- Isanti County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.