Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 1996
52 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1996. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 52
- Busiest month
- July14 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- September 5, 19964 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 1:06 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EKA | Humboldt | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 2:54 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 3:21 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | Stanislaus | 49 min |
| Mar 11, 3:46 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kings | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 1:31 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 59 min |
| Apr 1, 3:14 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Merced | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 3:50 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Madera | 40 min |
| Apr 1, 4:15 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Tulare | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 1:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Madera | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 2:52 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | Colusa, Yolo | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 2:52 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | San Joaquin | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 4:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 3:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Nevada | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lassen, Plumas | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 6:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lassen | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 2:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 6:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lassen | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 5:50 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 3:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 5:04 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 6:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 7:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 5:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 6:46 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 3:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Modoc | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 3:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Riverside | 103 min |
| Sep 4, 3:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Imperial, San Diego | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 4:50 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Riverside | 60 min |
| Sep 4, 6:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Riverside | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 7:03 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 57 min |
| Sep 4, 7:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Riverside | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 8:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Riverside | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 2:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 69 min |
| Sep 6, 10:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 4:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 65 min |
| Sep 9, 7:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Imperial | 60 min |
| Sep 10, 2:36 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 69 min |
| Sep 10, 4:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 62 min |
| Oct 26, 4:27 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 63 min |
| Oct 30, 1:34 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 56 min |
| Oct 30, 2:32 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kings | 58 min |
| Oct 30, 2:50 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 55 min |
| Oct 30, 3:32 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kings | 43 min |
| Nov 22, 2:04 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 26 min |
| Nov 22, 2:19 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kings | 41 min |
| Nov 22, 2:43 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kings | 32 min |
| Nov 22, 3:55 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 35 min |
| Nov 22, 4:08 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kings | 22 min |
| Dec 9, 4:50 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 55 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County12
- Fresno County8
- Kings County6
- Siskiyou County5
- Riverside County5
- Lassen County3
- Madera County2
- Imperial County2
- San Diego County2
- Kern County2
- Humboldt County1
- Stanislaus County1
- Merced County1
- Tulare County1
- Colusa County1
- Yolo County1
- San Joaquin County1
- Nevada County1
- Plumas County1
- Modoc County1
- Santa Barbara County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.