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This year has generated a record number of severe weather warnings through May 31. Second place is not even close. 

So far in 2022, the Twin Cities National Weather Service office has issued 228 severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for its county warning area. That area includes most of central and southern Minnesota. 

As you can see on the graph at the top of this post, second place is 1998 when 152 warnings were issued through May 31. 

And this year has already produced more warnings than many full years, according to the Twin Cities NWS office. Here’s their reply to my tweet above.

We’re still getting some of the finer details from the storm surveys of the Memorial Day severe weather outbreak. 

So far it looks like at least 4 tornadoes tore across western and central Minnesota. NWS survey teams are still assessing whether the 50-mile tornado track between Milan and Glenwood was continuous or if there was a gap. That tornado may have been on the ground for 47 minutes! 

Here’s the latest storm survey report from the Twin Cities NWS on that tornado. 

Here are some additional tornado reports from Monday. 

Typically the Twin Cities NWS office releases the final storm survey reports 

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