Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Minnesota, 2026
10 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest month
- June4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Houston | 9 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and 2 more | 9 hr |
| May 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 8 hr |
| May 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Clay, Norman, Traverse, Wilkin | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater and 13 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dodge County3
- Fillmore County3
- Houston County3
- Mower County3
- Olmsted County3
- Clay County3
- Norman County3
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Faribault County2
- Freeborn County2
- Goodhue County2
- Martin County2
- Nicollet County2
- Steele County2
- Wabasha County2
- Waseca County2
- Watonwan County2
- Winona County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Wilkin County2
- Kittson County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Marshall County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Aitkin County2
- Becker County2
- Beltrami County2
- Cass County2
- Clearwater County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Hubbard County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.