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Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, May 2025
15 tornado warnings in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 15
- Busiest day
- May 15, 202515 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 15, 3:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone | 12 min |
| May 15, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 28 min |
| May 15, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 38 min |
| May 15, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 10 min |
| May 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 26 min |
| May 15, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 39 min |
| May 15, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 20 min |
| May 15, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 41 min |
| May 15, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 23 min |
| May 15, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 22 min |
| May 15, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 24 min |
| May 15, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 23 min |
| May 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 30 min |
| May 15, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall, Roseau | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Swift County2
- Stearns County2
- Murray County1
- Pipestone County1
- Pope County1
- Stevens County1
- Scott County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Grant County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Wilkin County1
- Anoka County1
- Hennepin County1
- Ramsey County1
- Wadena County1
- Todd County1
- Wabasha County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Benton County1
- Morrison County1
- Carlton County1
- Pine County1
- Polk County1
- Marshall County1
- Roseau 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.