Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, March 1998

12 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 1998. 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 March 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
12
Busiest day
March 24, 19984 severe thunderstorm warnings

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 12:43 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Kings, Madera2 hr
Mar 13, 2:34 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXKern56 min
Mar 24, 1:09 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXMadera, Merced66 min
Mar 24, 2:35 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXFresno, Kings40 min
Mar 24, 2:35 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXKern40 min
Mar 24, 2:47 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXMariposa28 min
Mar 24, 4:31 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSTOSacramento, Solano49 min
Mar 24, 5:25 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSTOSacramento, San Joaquin25 min
Mar 24, 5:50 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSTOSacramento25 min
Mar 25, 1:29 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGXSan Diego61 min
Mar 28, 4:30 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXMadera, Merced30 min
Mar 28, 5:19 PM PSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHNXMadera, Merced26 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

Nearby

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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.