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Tornado Warnings in California, 2003

7 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
7
Busiest month
November2 tornado warnings
Busiest day
November 9, 20032 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 13, 4:07 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno23 min
Mar 16, 3:25 PM PSTTornado WarningSTOColusa45 min
May 8, 5:59 PM PDTTornado WarningSTOSacramento31 min
Jul 31, 3:39 PM PDTTornado WarningREVSierra21 min
Sep 4, 2:08 PM PDTTornado WarningSGXSan Bernardino37 min
Nov 9, 12:39 PM PSTTornado WarningSTOSolano, Yolo31 min
Nov 9, 2:18 PM PSTTornado WarningSTOGlenn, Tehama27 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 archive20022004

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.