Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, May 2002

18 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2002. 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 18
Busiest day: May 20, 200215 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 12:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Glenn, Tehama	30 min
May 20, 12:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	Monterey	46 min
May 20, 12:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Sacramento, Yolo	31 min
May 20, 12:23 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	San Mateo	67 min
May 20, 12:48 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Sacramento	27 min
May 20, 1:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MTR	San Mateo	29 min
May 20, 2:03 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Sacramento, San Joaquin	42 min
May 20, 2:09 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Amador	36 min
May 20, 2:18 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Madera	42 min
May 20, 2:31 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Calaveras	29 min
May 20, 3:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Amador, Calaveras	45 min
May 20, 3:02 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	43 min
May 20, 3:10 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Placer, Sutter	35 min
May 20, 3:36 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	44 min
May 20, 4:31 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	29 min
May 20, 5:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno	44 min
May 20, 5:46 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HNX	Fresno, Tulare	44 min
May 20, 6:18 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	STO	Sacramento	27 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.