Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2008
123 tornado warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 123
- Busiest month
- July53 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 11, 200819 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 1, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 23 min |
| May 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 30 min |
| May 1, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 29 min |
| May 6, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 42 min |
| May 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 26 min |
| May 25, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 27 min |
| May 25, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 23 min |
| May 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 34 min |
| May 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 23 min |
| May 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 41 min |
| May 26, 1:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cook | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 26 min |
| May 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 36 min |
| May 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 27 min |
| May 31, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 44 min |
| May 31, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 40 min |
| May 31, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 40 min |
| May 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 50 min |
| May 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 30 min |
| May 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 9:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 9:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 9:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 10:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 14 min |
| Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 8:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 8:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Wilkin | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Polk | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Polk | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 21 min |
| Jul 11, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 20 min |
| Jul 14, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 20 min |
| Jul 19, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 6:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 7:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 18 min |
| Aug 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 25 min |
| Sep 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake | 50 min |
| Sep 26, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 56 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Otter Tail County9
- Hubbard County8
- Washington County7
- Itasca County7
- Marshall County7
- Anoka County6
- Clearwater County6
- Meeker County6
- Beltrami County6
- Nobles County5
- Wright County5
- Cass County5
- Mower County5
- Murray County5
- Becker County5
- Wilkin County5
- Koochiching County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Polk County5
- Sherburne County4
- Grant County4
- Chisago County4
- Brown County4
- Isanti County4
- Rock County3
- Ramsey County3
- Wadena County3
- Fillmore County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Redwood County3
- Lyon County3
- Lake County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Roseau County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Hennepin County2
- Cook County2
- Pope County2
- Crow Wing County2
27 more counties
- Pipestone County2
- Jackson County2
- Watonwan County2
- Nicollet County2
- Benton County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Goodhue County2
- Pennington County2
- Stearns County2
- McLeod County2
- Kittson County2
- Winona County1
- Olmsted County1
- Freeborn County1
- Norman County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Sibley County1
- Clay County1
- Dakota County1
- Red Lake County1
- Todd County1
- Renville County1
- Aitkin County1
- Chippewa County1
- Swift County1
- Rice County1
- Steele 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.