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What happened
The National Weather Service’s Twin Cities office issued a severe storm warning for Willmar, MN at 1:06 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. It was updated 4 times over the next 33 minutes. About 34,500 people were inside it, in Willmar. It ended at 1:44 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
- Severe storm warning in Lakeville, MN4:34 PM CDT to 4:56 PM CDT · 270,000 people
- Severe storm warning near Zimmerman, MN4:16 PM CDT to 4:56 PM CDT · 30,900 people
- Severe storm warning in Faribault, MN3:58 PM CDT to 4:28 PM CDT · 18,100 people