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Tornado Watches in Minnesota, 2005

22 tornado watches in 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest month
June12 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 30, 20052 tornado watches

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
Mar 30, 11:05 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHouston5 hr
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston and 5 more6 hr
May 8, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Grant, Jackson, Lac qui Parle and 14 more7 hr
May 8, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 6 more5 hr
Jun 4, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFillmore, Houston8 hr
Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 38 more6 hr
Jun 7, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBecker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 17 more7 hr
Jun 13, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi and 19 more8 hr
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 38 more6 hr
Jun 23, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 7 more8 hr
Jun 23, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 3 more7 hr
Jun 26, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 9 more8 hr
Jun 26, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca6 hr
Jun 29, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBig Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant, Jackson and 13 more7 hr
Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBecker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Cass and 35 more7 hr
Jun 29, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore and 18 more7 hr
Jul 25, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 18 more7 hr
Jul 25, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFillmore, Houston, Wabasha, Winona7 hr
Sep 12, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and 6 more4 hr
Sep 12, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 31 more6 hr
Nov 12, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson and 14 more6 hr
Nov 12, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue and 11 more4 hr

By county

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

46 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 30, 20052tornado watches
  2. May 8, 20052tornado watches
  3. June 13, 20052tornado watches
  4. June 23, 20052tornado watches
  5. June 26, 20052tornado watches
  6. June 29, 20052tornado watches
  7. July 25, 20052tornado watches
  8. November 12, 20052tornado watches
  9. June 5, 20051tornado watches
  10. June 7, 20051tornado watches
  11. June 8, 20051tornado watches
  12. June 30, 20051tornado watches

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.