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Tornado Warnings in California, 1998

15 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
15
Busiest month
March7 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 14, 19986 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
Jan 9, 2:25 PM PSTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles60 min
Mar 13, 6:00 PM PSTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles60 min
Mar 13, 6:04 PM PSTTornado WarningSGXOrange56 min
Mar 13, 7:05 PM PSTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles55 min
Mar 13, 7:05 PM PSTTornado WarningSGXOrange55 min
Mar 13, 8:00 PM PSTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles60 min
Mar 13, 9:00 PM PSTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles60 min
Mar 24, 1:44 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Merced31 min
May 12, 4:46 PM PDTTornado WarningSTOSolano29 min
May 13, 10:01 AM PDTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura29 min
May 13, 10:01 AM PDTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura59 min
May 16, 2:36 PM PDTTornado WarningSTOButte29 min
Aug 25, 11:33 AM PDTTornado WarningVEFSan Bernardino62 min
Aug 31, 6:00 PM PDTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles30 min
Sep 2, 3:40 PM PDTTornado WarningLOXLos Angeles35 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 archive19971999

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.