Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Minnesota, 2021
8 tornado watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- August4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 28, 20212 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Houston | 8 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Kanabec, Lake, Mille Lacs and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 15, 1:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Nobles and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 15, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore and 12 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County4
- Dakota County3
- Dodge County3
- Faribault County3
- Fillmore County3
- Freeborn County3
- Mower County3
- Olmsted County3
- Winona County3
- Goodhue County2
- Rice County2
- Steele County2
- Wabasha County2
- Waseca County2
- Aitkin County2
- Anoka County2
- Carlton County2
- Carver County2
- Chisago County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Hennepin County2
- Kanabec County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Morrison County2
- Pine County2
- Ramsey County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Jackson County2
- Nobles County2
- Benton County1
- Isanti County1
- McLeod County1
- Sherburne County1
- Wright County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Pipestone 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. Rebuilt daily.