Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2009
58 tornado warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 58
- Busiest month
- June30 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 18, 200913 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Waseca, Watonwan | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 18 min |
| Jul 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Freeborn County8
- Washington County7
- Faribault County6
- Wilkin County5
- Waseca County5
- Blue Earth County5
- Polk County5
- Stearns County5
- Anoka County5
- Ramsey County5
- Steele County4
- Hennepin County3
- Brown County3
- Grant County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Rice County2
- Dodge County2
- Mower County2
- Douglas County2
- Pope County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Meeker County2
- Dakota County2
- Chisago County2
- Martin County1
- Watonwan County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Todd County1
- Lincoln County1
- Pipestone County1
- Marshall County1
- Norman County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Swift County1
- Benton County1
- Sherburne 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.