Alert archive / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in the United States, 2006
24,122 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2006. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 24,122
- Busiest month
- May4,691 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- June 22, 2006474 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Texas2,163
- North Carolina1,207
- Missouri1,135
- Tennessee1,061
- Kansas1,038
- Illinois988
- Arkansas961
- Oklahoma956
- Nebraska886
- Kentucky863
- Alabama836
- Georgia809
- Mississippi781
- Indiana769
- South Carolina737
- Ohio712
- Iowa631
- Michigan613
- Wisconsin608
- Minnesota542
- Pennsylvania529
- Florida517
- Arizona498
- South Dakota489
- New York450
- North Dakota448
- Virginia427
- Louisiana421
- Colorado358
- Montana258
- West Virginia255
- Maine208
- New Mexico203
- Wyoming160
- New Jersey143
- California139
- Utah133
- Idaho131
- Maryland128
- Oregon98
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.