Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2006
53 tornado warnings in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 53
- Busiest month
- August23 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 25, 20066 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 7, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman | 33 min |
| May 7, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 58 min |
| May 29, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 21 min |
| Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 18 min |
| Jun 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 56 min |
| Jul 19, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 10 min |
| Jul 30, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 16 min |
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown | 16 min |
| Aug 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 59 min |
| Sep 16, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 24 min |
| Sep 16, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 34 min |
| Sep 23, 3:03 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.
- Roseau County6
- Lake County4
- Otter Tail County3
- Grant County3
- Kittson County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Polk County2
- Aitkin County2
- Marshall County2
- Cook County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Watonwan County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Rice County2
- Renville County2
- Anoka County2
- Norman County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Jackson County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Wilkin County1
- Koochiching County1
- Clearwater County1
- Nicollet County1
- Brown County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Steele County1
- Dodge County1
- Olmsted County1
- Waseca County1
- Freeborn County1
- Pipestone County1
- Chippewa County1
- Swift County1
- Redwood County1
2 more counties
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.