Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in California, 2010
10 tornado warnings in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 10
- Busiest month
- January10 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- January 19, 20105 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:24 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Fresno, Madera | 19 min |
| Jan 19, 12:36 PM PST | Tornado Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 39 min |
| Jan 19, 12:45 PM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | Orange | 45 min |
| Jan 19, 1:28 PM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | Orange | 22 min |
| Jan 19, 1:54 PM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 36 min |
| Jan 19, 2:35 PM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | San Diego | 40 min |
| Jan 20, 2:07 PM PST | Tornado Warning | MTR | Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 3:14 PM PST | Tornado Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 46 min |
| Jan 23, 1:05 PM PST | Tornado Warning | MTR | Contra Costa | 25 min |
| Jan 23, 1:32 PM PST | Tornado Warning | MTR | Contra Costa | 28 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
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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. Rebuilt daily.