Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2003
102 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 102
- Busiest month
- July55 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 25, 200318 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 27 min |
| May 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 22 min |
| Jun 23, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 14 min |
| Jun 28, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 2:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 18 min |
| Jul 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville, Yellow Medicine | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 21 min |
| Jul 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Renville | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Aug 20, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 39 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Renville County13
- Blue Earth County8
- Meeker County7
- Cass County7
- Crow Wing County7
- McLeod County6
- Saint Louis County6
- Nicollet County6
- Kandiyohi County5
- Stearns County5
- Yellow Medicine County5
- Wright County5
- Brown County5
- Hennepin County4
- Le Sueur County3
- Pope County3
- Todd County3
- Sibley County3
- Chippewa County3
- Aitkin County3
- Itasca County3
- Morrison County3
- Stevens County3
- Faribault County3
- Redwood County2
- Swift County2
- Koochiching County2
- Freeborn County2
- Becker County1
- Lincoln County1
- Benton County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Sherburne County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Chisago County1
- Martin County1
- Carlton County1
- Douglas County1
- Beltrami County1
- Otter Tail 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.