Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings / 2011
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, May 2011
26 tornado warnings in May 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 26
- Busiest day
- May 22, 201111 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 10, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 35 min |
| May 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 35 min |
| May 10, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne | 35 min |
| May 10, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 39 min |
| May 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 32 min |
| May 21, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Isanti | 23 min |
| May 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 45 min |
| May 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 35 min |
| May 22, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 35 min |
| May 22, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 36 min |
| May 22, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 62 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 30 min |
| May 22, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 35 min |
| May 22, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 24 min |
| May 22, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 41 min |
| May 22, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 29 min |
| May 22, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Houston | 29 min |
| May 28, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Sibley | 39 min |
| May 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 43 min |
| May 30, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 47 min |
| May 30, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 39 min |
| May 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 48 min |
| May 30, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Anoka County7
- Hennepin County6
- Isanti County3
- Ramsey County3
- Fillmore County3
- Scott County3
- Polk County3
- Sherburne County2
- Washington County2
- Chisago County2
- Houston County2
- Carver County2
- Sibley County2
- Rice County2
- Wright County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Rock County1
- Lake County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Dakota County1
- Goodhue County1
- Clay County1
- Grant 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.