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Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2001

95 tornado warnings in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
95
Busiest month
June38 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 14, 200112 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 7, 3:51 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDMurray, Nobles24 min
May 1, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth25 min
May 1, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver35 min
May 1, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHItasca40 min
May 1, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin24 min
May 1, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca23 min
May 1, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele, Waseca42 min
May 1, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMower39 min
May 1, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn24 min
May 1, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn30 min
May 1, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMower46 min
May 1, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningARXOlmsted39 min
May 1, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFillmore57 min
May 1, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningARXWinona50 min
May 9, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver32 min
May 9, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXScott34 min
May 9, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Rice36 min
May 9, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHPine48 min
May 9, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs39 min
May 9, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue35 min
May 9, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele35 min
May 9, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue31 min
May 9, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHPine50 min
May 15, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPennington, Red Lake30 min
May 15, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPennington, Red Lake24 min
May 15, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater28 min
May 15, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk28 min
May 15, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami30 min
Jun 1, 1:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin, Wright23 min
Jun 1, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn24 min
Jun 1, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin46 min
Jun 10, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine37 min
Jun 11, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift48 min
Jun 11, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd32 min
Jun 11, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Swift36 min
Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker50 min
Jun 11, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Wright49 min
Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver50 min
Jun 12, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDRock36 min
Jun 12, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDRock46 min
Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDNobles40 min
Jun 12, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDRock16 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrant37 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrant32 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBig Stone25 min
Jun 13, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail48 min
Jun 13, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas34 min
Jun 13, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrant52 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail33 min
Jun 13, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena51 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln35 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon34 min
Jun 13, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd27 min
Jun 13, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMorrison31 min
Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon31 min
Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCrow Wing45 min
Jun 13, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd37 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon36 min
Jun 13, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDJackson32 min
Jun 13, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing60 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson24 min
Jun 18, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec31 min
Jun 18, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHPine59 min
Jun 18, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago35 min
Jun 18, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHPine51 min
Jun 20, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFNorman30 min
Jul 17, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami35 min
Jul 17, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami36 min
Jul 17, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami31 min
Jul 17, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami35 min
Jul 17, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena35 min
Jul 17, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass47 min
Jul 17, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami28 min
Jul 17, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching42 min
Jul 17, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena29 min
Jul 17, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass45 min
Jul 17, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWilkin35 min
Jul 17, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass31 min
Jul 17, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMorrison23 min
Jul 17, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass52 min
Jul 18, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson38 min
Jul 18, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson33 min
Jul 18, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson, Roseau46 min
Jul 18, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods39 min
Jul 18, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall46 min
Jul 18, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPennington, Red Lake27 min
Jul 18, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRed Lake33 min
Jul 19, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk31 min
Jul 20, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDJackson30 min
Jul 21, 9:36 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon24 min
Jul 21, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood44 min
Jul 22, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay34 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods36 min
Jul 31, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods30 min
Aug 8, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClearwater, Polk28 min

By county

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

19 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 14, 200112tornado warnings
  2. June 13, 200111tornado warnings
  3. July 18, 200111tornado warnings
  4. May 10, 20018tornado warnings
  5. May 2, 20017tornado warnings
  6. May 1, 20016tornado warnings
  7. June 11, 20016tornado warnings
  8. July 17, 20016tornado warnings
  9. May 15, 20015tornado warnings
  10. July 19, 20015tornado warnings
  11. June 19, 20014tornado warnings
  12. June 1, 20013tornado 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.