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What happened
The National Weather Service’s Twin Cities office issued a severe storm warning for Lakeville, MN at 4:30 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. It was updated twice over the next 17 minutes. About 270,000 people were inside it, in Lakeville, Apple Valley and Rosemount. It ended at 4:56 PM CDT. It was one of 12 warnings in Minnesota that day, 2 of them tornado warnings.
How it unfolded
The same day
- Tornado warning for Pine County, MN and Burnett County, WI5:16 PM CDT to 5:38 PM CDT · 16,500 people
- Tornado warning in Hastings, MN4:58 PM CDT to 5:20 PM CDT · 16,000 people
- Storms over the Twin Cities2:44 PM CDT to 5:32 PM CDT · 4.6 million people
- Storms over Des Moines6:54 PM CDT to 10:38 PM CDT · 2.8 million people
- Severe storm warning in Willmar, MN1:10 PM CDT to 1:44 PM CDT · 34,500 people
- Severe storm warning near Zimmerman, MN4:16 PM CDT to 4:56 PM CDT · 30,900 people
The most people in one warning that dayOctober 28, 2026’s standingsOctober 2026’s standings