Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2024
79 tornado warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 79
- Busiest month
- June26 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20249 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 13 min |
| May 6, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 27 min |
| May 6, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 35 min |
| May 6, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 37 min |
| May 6, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone, Rock | 26 min |
| May 6, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 33 min |
| May 6, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 25 min |
| May 6, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 18 min |
| May 20, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge | 43 min |
| May 21, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 46 min |
| May 21, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 34 min |
| May 21, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Waseca | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 40 min |
| May 21, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 22 min |
| May 21, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 25 min |
| May 21, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 16 min |
| May 24, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 12 min |
| Jun 12, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Pine | 21 min |
| Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 14 min |
| Jun 18, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 21 min |
| Jun 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Norman | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 7:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 19 min |
| Aug 3, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 10 min |
| Aug 5, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 17 min |
| Aug 29, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 20 min |
| Sep 19, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 25 min |
| Sep 19, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton | 37 min |
| Sep 19, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 18 min |
| Sep 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 25 min |
| Sep 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 37 min |
| Sep 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Louis County11
- Blue Earth County7
- Aitkin County6
- Pipestone County5
- Faribault County5
- Norman County5
- Lake County5
- Freeborn County5
- Rock County4
- Waseca County4
- Goodhue County4
- Steele County4
- Polk County4
- Cass County4
- Watonwan County4
- Murray County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Carlton County3
- Stearns County3
- Pine County3
- Chisago County3
- Itasca County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Nobles County2
- Lincoln County2
- Dodge County2
- Rice County2
- Winona County2
- Clay County2
- Morrison County2
- Isanti County2
- Clearwater County2
- Kandiyohi County2
- Mower County2
- Lyon County1
- Martin County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Dakota County1
- Wabasha County1
- Cook 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.