Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in California, 2019

22 tornado warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
22
Busiest month
February7 tornado warnings
Busiest day
January 20, 20193 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, 2:49 PM PSTTornado WarningSTOButte32 min
Jan 20, 2:28 PM PSTTornado WarningSTOSan Joaquin40 min
Jan 20, 3:05 PM PSTTornado WarningSTOCalaveras40 min
Jan 20, 3:29 PM PSTTornado WarningSTOCalaveras, Stanislaus46 min
Feb 2, 3:30 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa, Merced29 min
Feb 2, 3:50 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa25 min
Feb 2, 4:20 PM PSTTornado WarningSTOButte, Colusa, Glenn40 min
Feb 3, 1:28 AM PSTTornado WarningLOXSanta Barbara47 min
Feb 4, 3:08 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno37 min
Feb 4, 3:29 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno31 min
Feb 4, 3:51 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXFresno24 min
Mar 23, 4:08 PM PDTTornado WarningSTOColusa, Sutter22 min
Mar 27, 5:31 PM PDTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa, Merced29 min
Mar 27, 5:57 PM PDTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa33 min
Apr 2, 4:54 PM PDTTornado WarningSTOButte, Glenn51 min
May 24, 8:16 PM PDTTornado WarningSTOShasta44 min
May 26, 2:54 PM PDTTornado WarningHNXTulare20 min
May 26, 3:19 PM PDTTornado WarningHNXTulare26 min
Sep 28, 6:36 PM PDTTornado WarningSTOSolano, Yolo24 min
Dec 25, 9:34 PM PSTTornado WarningLOXSanta Barbara26 min
Dec 25, 9:55 PM PSTTornado WarningLOXSanta Barbara18 min
Dec 26, 12:05 AM PSTTornado WarningSGXOrange9 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.

  1. January 20, 20193tornado warnings
  2. February 4, 20193tornado warnings
  3. December 26, 20193tornado warnings
  4. February 2, 20192tornado warnings
  5. February 3, 20192tornado warnings
  6. March 28, 20192tornado warnings
  7. May 26, 20192tornado warnings
  8. January 9, 20191tornado warnings
  9. March 23, 20191tornado warnings
  10. April 2, 20191tornado warnings
  11. May 25, 20191tornado warnings
  12. September 29, 20191tornado warnings

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20182020

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.