Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2019
87 tornado warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 87
- Busiest month
- July44 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 18, 20198 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 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Mahnomen, Norman | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen | 22 min |
| May 27, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 45 min |
| May 27, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 50 min |
| May 27, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted | 19 min |
| May 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 16 min |
| May 27, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 10 min |
| Jun 4, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 15 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Waseca | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 15 min |
| Jun 30, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott, Sibley | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 13 min |
| Jul 15, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 20 min |
| Jul 15, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 22 min |
| Jul 28, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 16 min |
| Aug 13, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 19 min |
| Aug 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca | 17 min |
| Aug 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 20 min |
| Aug 13, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 9 min |
| Aug 17, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 12 min |
| Sep 2, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 19 min |
| Sep 2, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 13 min |
| Sep 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 23 min |
| Sep 21, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 21 min |
| Sep 24, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 16 min |
| Sep 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 30 min |
| Sep 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 32 min |
| Sep 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Waseca County6
- Koochiching County6
- Becker County5
- Fillmore County5
- Freeborn County5
- Goodhue County4
- Le Sueur County4
- Wilkin County4
- Morrison County4
- Jackson County4
- Martin County4
- Scott County3
- Redwood County3
- Clay County3
- Hubbard County3
- Benton County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Itasca County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Steele County3
- Mahnomen County2
- Norman County2
- Clearwater County2
- Mower County2
- Watonwan County2
- McLeod County2
- Renville County2
- Sibley County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Faribault County2
- Kanabec County2
- Sherburne County2
- Chisago County2
- Nobles County2
- Rock County2
- Olmsted County1
- Dakota 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.