Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2005
122 tornado warnings in 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 122
- Busiest month
- June74 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 30, 200512 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 67 min |
| Mar 30, 2:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 49 min |
| May 5, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 46 min |
| May 5, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 55 min |
| May 5, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 16 min |
| May 8, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 64 min |
| May 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 33 min |
| May 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 42 min |
| May 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 52 min |
| May 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 32 min |
| May 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 35 min |
| May 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 37 min |
| May 20, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 58 min |
| May 20, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Swift | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Traverse | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 10:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 10:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Polk | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 20 min |
| Jun 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 63 min |
| Jul 11, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 61 min |
| Sep 3, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 45 min |
| Sep 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 59 min |
| Sep 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Sep 12, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 61 min |
| Sep 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 31 min |
| Sep 21, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 27 min |
| Sep 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 52 min |
| Sep 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Otter Tail County7
- Kittson County6
- Polk County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Pine County5
- Stearns County5
- Becker County5
- Swift County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Redwood County4
- Clay County4
- Meeker County4
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Chippewa County3
- Wilkin County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Douglas County3
- Ramsey County3
- Marshall County3
- Cass County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Goodhue County2
- Olmsted County2
- Pope County2
- Koochiching County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Scott County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Renville County2
- Washington County2
- Brown County2
- Benton County2
- Grant County2
- Clearwater County2
- Beltrami County2
- Wadena County2
- Anoka County2
- Lyon County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Watonwan County2
25 more counties
- Nicollet County2
- Roseau County2
- Sherburne County2
- Wright County2
- Yellow Medicine County2
- Mower County1
- Sibley County1
- Stevens County1
- Chisago County1
- Traverse County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Itasca County1
- Hubbard County1
- Waseca County1
- Jackson County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Aitkin County1
- Fillmore County1
- Lincoln County1
- McLeod County1
- Hennepin County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.