Storm Warnings in California
102 storm warnings since 1986. 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 storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Storm Warnings
- 102
- Busiest year
- 202515 storm warnings
- Average year
- 6over 17 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
The latest storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:07 AM PDT | Storm Warning | MTR | 37 hr | |
| Feb 20, 10:20 AM PST | Storm Warning | EKA | 42 hr | |
| Jan 2, 10:46 PM PST | Storm Warning | EKA | 24 hr | |
| Jan 1, 9:49 PM PST | Storm Warning | EKA | 49 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.