Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2002
64 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 64
- Busiest month
- July20 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 28, 20027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 67 min |
| May 8, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 36 min |
| May 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 17 min |
| Jun 9, 5:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Wright | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 12:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 1:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 20 min |
| Aug 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Traverse | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 11:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 8:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Sherburne | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 12:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County5
- Polk County5
- Chisago County4
- Otter Tail County4
- Goodhue County3
- Stearns County3
- Hubbard County3
- Anoka County3
- Wilkin County3
- Lincoln County3
- Steele County2
- Becker County2
- Carver County2
- Wright County2
- Isanti County2
- Lac qui Parle County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Martin County2
- Pine County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Faribault County2
- Red Lake County2
- Fillmore County1
- Swift County1
- Benton County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Roseau County1
- Jackson County1
- Mower County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nicollet County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sibley County1
- Traverse County1
- Norman County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clearwater County1
- Redwood 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.