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What happened
Radar showed storms over Northfield, MN on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, from 4:42 PM CDT to 5:08 PM CDT. At their widest they covered 19,100 square miles, with about 4.2 million people under them, over Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Bloomington. The strongest cores were intense enough for hail.
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 Lakeville, MN4:34 PM CDT to 4:56 PM CDT · 270,000 people
- Severe storm warning in Willmar, MN1:10 PM CDT to 1:44 PM CDT · 34,500 people