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Tornado Watches in Minnesota, 2006
16 tornado watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- August7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 24, 20063 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 7 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 43 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Traverse, Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Rock, Traverse | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault and 23 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Blue Earth County5
- Faribault County5
- Fillmore County5
- Freeborn County5
- Martin County5
- Olmsted County5
- Steele County5
- Waseca County5
- Watonwan County5
- Big Stone County5
- Chippewa County5
- Douglas County5
- Lac qui Parle County5
- Pope County5
- Stevens County5
- Swift County5
- Goodhue County5
- Lincoln County4
- Lyon County4
- Murray County4
- Pipestone County4
- Rock County4
- Dodge County4
- Mower County4
- Clay County4
- Grant County4
- Otter Tail County4
- Todd County4
- Traverse County4
- Wilkin County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Benton County4
- Isanti County4
- Kanabec County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Morrison County4
- Sherburne County4
- Brown County4
- Dakota County4
- Le Sueur County4
47 more counties
- Nicollet County4
- Rice County4
- Scott County4
- McLeod County4
- Redwood County4
- Renville County4
- Houston County4
- Wabasha County4
- Winona County4
- Nobles County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Jackson County3
- Becker County3
- Anoka County3
- Chisago County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Meeker County3
- Stearns County3
- Wright County3
- Carver County3
- Hennepin County3
- Ramsey County3
- Sibley County3
- Washington County3
- Wadena County2
- Aitkin County2
- Cass County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Itasca County2
- Koochiching County2
- Kittson County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Carlton County1
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Pine County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clearwater County1
- Hubbard County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.