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Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2026

77 tornado warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
77
Busiest month
April21 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 17, 202610 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRice35 min
Apr 13, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue58 min
Apr 13, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Martin, Watonwan47 min
Apr 13, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCottonwood39 min
Apr 13, 6:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin47 min
Apr 13, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRice, Steele, Waseca42 min
Apr 13, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault49 min
Apr 13, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca44 min
Apr 13, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningARXDodge, Mower, Olmsted27 min
Apr 13, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFillmore, Mower48 min
Apr 13, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFillmore, Houston24 min
Apr 17, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningARXDodge, Mower24 min
Apr 17, 1:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXDodge, Mower, Olmsted53 min
Apr 17, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMower40 min
Apr 17, 2:32 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXOlmsted, Wabasha43 min
Apr 17, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFillmore24 min
Apr 17, 2:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXOlmsted, Wabasha, Winona49 min
Apr 17, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFillmore31 min
Apr 17, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningARXWabasha, Winona38 min
Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFillmore18 min
Apr 17, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningARXHouston42 min
May 17, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDNobles, Rock42 min
May 17, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDJackson, Nobles48 min
May 17, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson48 min
May 17, 7:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXBlue Earth, Martin, Watonwan33 min
May 17, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDJackson14 min
May 17, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault, Martin35 min
May 17, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan24 min
May 17, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson15 min
May 17, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Martin, Watonwan42 min
May 17, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault, Martin39 min
May 17, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn53 min
May 17, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMower62 min
Jun 10, 2:17 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFNorman, Polk26 min
Jun 19, 2:51 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFHubbard12 min
Jun 19, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena17 min
Jun 19, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass14 min
Jun 19, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec32 min
Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago45 min
Jun 23, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice22 min
Jun 23, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClearwater, Hubbard47 min
Jun 29, 11:33 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena27 min
Jun 29, 11:36 AM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing39 min
Jun 29, 11:47 AM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing43 min
Jun 29, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass, Itasca40 min
Jun 29, 12:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHItasca, Saint Louis52 min
Jun 29, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis46 min
Jun 29, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay53 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPolk42 min
Jun 29, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman28 min
Jun 29, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMorrison, Todd30 min
Jun 29, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing38 min
Jul 1, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFillmore15 min
Jul 4, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns34 min
Jul 4, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine31 min
Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMahnomen, Polk39 min
Jul 6, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMahnomen, Norman41 min
Jul 6, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker30 min
Jul 6, 8:01 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatFGFBecker44 min
Jul 7, 11:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec26 min
Jul 8, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMower23 min
Jul 24, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau43 min
Jul 24, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods42 min
Jul 24, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami41 min
Jul 24, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall, Pennington, Polk41 min
Jul 24, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall, Pennington, Polk40 min
Jul 24, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall47 min
Jul 24, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching44 min
Jul 24, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPennington, Polk, Red Lake43 min
Jul 24, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHItasca48 min
Jul 24, 9:07 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFBeltrami, Clearwater38 min
Aug 20, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker36 min
Aug 25, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis25 min
Sep 3, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrant, Otter Tail52 min
Sep 11, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena48 min
Sep 11, 7:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXStevens23 min
Sep 11, 8:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXStevens18 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

11 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 17, 202610tornado warnings
  2. May 18, 20269tornado warnings
  3. July 24, 20268tornado warnings
  4. April 13, 20266tornado warnings
  5. June 29, 20266tornado warnings
  6. April 14, 20265tornado warnings
  7. June 19, 20265tornado warnings
  8. June 30, 20265tornado warnings
  9. May 17, 20263tornado warnings
  10. September 12, 20263tornado warnings
  11. June 23, 20262tornado warnings
  12. July 6, 20262tornado warnings

Nearby

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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.