Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings / 2024

Tornado Warnings in California, March 2024

8 tornado warnings in March 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 March 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
8
Busiest day
March 3, 20245 tornado warnings

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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
Mar 1, 3:47 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa, Merced28 min
Mar 1, 4:09 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXMadera, Mariposa, Merced23 min
Mar 2, 4:37 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXKings, Tulare23 min
Mar 2, 5:07 PM PSTTornado WarningHNXTulare23 min
Mar 2, 6:14 PM PSTTornado WarningMTRSan Benito, Santa Cruz19 min
Mar 2, 6:18 PM PSTTornado WarningMTRMonterey13 min
Mar 2, 6:29 PM PSTTornado WarningMTRSan Benito31 min
Mar 30, 1:28 AM PDTTornado WarningLOXSanta Barbara19 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.