Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings / 2004
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, May 2004
25 tornado warnings in May 2004. 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 May 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 25
- Busiest day
- May 9, 20045 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 29 min |
| May 9, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 31 min |
| May 9, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 47 min |
| May 9, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Sherburne, Wright | 26 min |
| May 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 49 min |
| May 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 32 min |
| May 9, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 30 min |
| May 11, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 41 min |
| May 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 45 min |
| May 11, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 46 min |
| May 11, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 46 min |
| May 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 45 min |
| May 19, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 65 min |
| May 19, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 59 min |
| May 19, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 46 min |
| May 19, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 40 min |
| May 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 64 min |
| May 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 25 min |
| May 26, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 43 min |
| May 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 23 min |
| May 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 40 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County4
- Wilkin County3
- Becker County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Kandiyohi County2
- Sherburne County2
- Rock County2
- Nobles County2
- Kittson County2
- Marshall County2
- Jackson County2
- Meeker County1
- Stearns County1
- Anoka County1
- Wright County1
- Carver County1
- Hennepin County1
- Polk County1
- Goodhue County1
- Chisago County1
- Washington County1
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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.