Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, August 2023
26 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2023. 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 August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 26
- Busiest day
- August 21, 20239 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:02 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 6:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Modoc | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 6:16 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 5:03 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EKA | Humboldt, Trinity | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 2:02 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 2:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | San Diego | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 4:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 2:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 4:51 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EKA | Trinity | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 4:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | Tehama | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 5:08 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 22 min |
| Aug 18, 5:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Imperial | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 3:10 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EKA | Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 20 min |
| Aug 19, 6:17 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | STO | Shasta, Tehama | 20 min |
| Aug 20, 11:31 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Imperial | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 1:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 1:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 12:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Merced | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 12:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 1:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Merced | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 1:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Merced | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 1:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno, Merced | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 2:53 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 2:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Fresno | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 3:17 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 3:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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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.