Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings / 2002
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, August 2002
20 tornado warnings in August 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 20
- Busiest day
- August 26, 20025 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County4
- Faribault County2
- Red Lake County2
- Wilkin County2
- Lincoln County1
- Chisago County1
- Carver County1
- Scott County1
- Sibley County1
- Traverse County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Norman County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clearwater County1
- Hubbard County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Redwood County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Pennington County1
- Freeborn County1
- Clay County1
- Becker County1
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.