Alert archive / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in the United States, 2013
16,758 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2013. 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
- 16,758
- Busiest month
- June4,059 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- June 13, 2013358 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.
- Texas1,644
- Kansas1,065
- Nebraska1,015
- Oklahoma950
- Arkansas718
- South Dakota627
- Georgia558
- Ohio543
- Missouri537
- Mississippi533
- Montana502
- North Carolina501
- Pennsylvania494
- Colorado494
- Iowa476
- Florida418
- New York418
- Illinois403
- Tennessee401
- Kentucky401
- Minnesota397
- Virginia396
- Wyoming380
- South Carolina378
- Indiana367
- Louisiana358
- Alabama354
- New Mexico339
- Michigan328
- Wisconsin328
- North Dakota308
- West Virginia222
- Arizona212
- Maine204
- Maryland167
- California133
- Nevada117
- Idaho113
- Massachusetts97
- New Hampshire93
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.