Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Watches / 2021
Tornado Watches in Minnesota, August 2021
4 tornado watches in August 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 August 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- August 28, 20212 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County2
- Dodge County1
- Faribault County1
- Fillmore County1
- Freeborn County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Winona County1
- Aitkin County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Carlton County1
- Carver County1
- Chisago County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Dakota County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- McLeod County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Pine County1
- Ramsey County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Washington County1
- Wright County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
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.