Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2020
81 tornado warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 81
- Busiest month
- August38 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 14, 202023 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 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 16 min |
| May 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 14 min |
| Jun 2, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 18 min |
| Jun 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 15 min |
| Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 10 min |
| Jun 17, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 13 min |
| Jun 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 16 min |
| Jun 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 4:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 4:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 5:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 19 min |
| Jul 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 20 min |
| Jul 14, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 11:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns, Swift | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 1:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 14 min |
| Jul 18, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Houston | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Marshall | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Marshall | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 18 min |
| Aug 9, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pennington | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 21 min |
| Aug 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 9 min |
| Aug 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 2:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Oct 11, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 13 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marshall County9
- Otter Tail County7
- Stearns County7
- Roseau County6
- Aitkin County6
- Morrison County6
- Crow Wing County5
- Mille Lacs County5
- Kittson County4
- Polk County4
- Pennington County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Sibley County4
- Kanabec County4
- Benton County4
- Washington County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Grant County3
- Becker County3
- Hubbard County3
- Todd County3
- Cass County3
- Beltrami County3
- Meeker County3
- Waseca County2
- Red Lake County2
- Wadena County2
- Clay County2
- Nicollet County2
- Pope County2
- Isanti County2
- Anoka County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Norman County2
- Itasca County2
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Dakota County1
- Ramsey County1
- Mower 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.