Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Watches / 1997
Tornado Watches in Minnesota, June 1997
5 tornado watches in June 1997. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in June 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- June 22, 19972 tornado watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Stone | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Houston, Pine, Wabasha, Winona | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kittson County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Becker County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clay County1
- Clearwater County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant County1
- Hubbard County1
- Mahnomen County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Todd County1
- Wadena County1
- Wilkin County1
- Brown County1
- Chippewa County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Martin County1
- Meeker County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Rock County1
- Watonwan County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Big Stone County1
- Houston County1
- Pine County1
3 more counties
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.