Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in California, 2024
13 tornado warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- March8 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 3, 20245 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 11:44 AM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | San Diego | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 12:00 PM PST | Tornado Warning | SGX | San Diego | 7 min |
| Feb 7, 3:37 PM PST | Tornado Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 11 min |
| Feb 19, 3:41 PM PST | Tornado Warning | STO | Butte, Plumas | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 3:47 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Madera, Mariposa, Merced | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 4:09 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Madera, Mariposa, Merced | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Kings, Tulare | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 5:07 PM PST | Tornado Warning | HNX | Tulare | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 6:14 PM PST | Tornado Warning | MTR | San Benito, Santa Cruz | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 6:18 PM PST | Tornado Warning | MTR | Monterey | 13 min |
| Mar 2, 6:29 PM PST | Tornado Warning | MTR | San Benito | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 1:28 AM PDT | Tornado Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara | 19 min |
| Dec 14, 5:51 AM PST | Tornado Warning | MTR | City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo | 24 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.