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Tornado Warnings in California, 1991

15 tornado warnings in 1991. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1991. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
15
Busiest month
March14 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 20, 19914 tornado 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 4:38 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno, Kings, Tulare67 min
Mar 20, 11:30 AM PSTTornado WarningLOXRiverside60 min
Mar 20, 12:36 PM PSTTornado WarningSGXSan Diego69 min
Mar 20, 2:09 PM PSTTornado WarningLOXSan Bernardino51 min
Mar 20, 2:33 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXMadera57 min
Mar 25, 12:29 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa, Merced61 min
Mar 25, 1:36 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced69 min
Mar 25, 1:36 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXKings, Tulare69 min
Mar 25, 2:55 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced65 min
Mar 25, 4:13 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced62 min
Mar 25, 4:13 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXKings, Tulare62 min
Mar 25, 4:29 PM PSTTornado WarningSGXSan Diego31 min
Mar 26, 5:51 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa, Merced69 min
Mar 27, 2:16 AM PSTTornado WarningSGXSan Diego59 min
Aug 15, 9:53 AM PDTTornado WarningSTOEl Dorado37 min

By county

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19901992

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.