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What happened
The National Weather Service’s Twin Cities office issued a tornado warning for Hastings, MN at 4:58 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, after radar showed a storm able to produce a tornado. About 16,000 people were inside it. It ended at 5:02 PM CDT. It was one of 35 warnings in Minnesota that day, 5 of them tornado warnings.
How it unfolded
The same day
- Tornado warning near Blaine, MN5:16 PM CDT to 5:26 PM CDT · 16,500 people
- Tornado warning in Hastings, MN5:10 PM CDT to 5:14 PM CDT · 16,000 people
- Tornado warning in Hastings, MN5:04 PM CDT to 5:08 PM CDT · 16,000 people
- Tornado warning near Duluth, MN5:40 PM CDT to 5:44 PM CDT · 11,500 people
- Tornado warning near Duluth, MN5:28 PM CDT to 5:38 PM CDT · 11,500 people
- Tornado warning in Hastings, MN5:16 PM CDT to 5:20 PM CDT · 7,410 people