Alert archive / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in the United States, 1995
2,208 tornado warnings in 1995. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 2,208
- Busiest month
- May797 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 18, 1995138 tornado 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.
- Texas340
- Mississippi190
- Oklahoma146
- Illinois134
- Alabama121
- Louisiana111
- Florida109
- Kansas108
- Kentucky88
- Tennessee80
- Iowa75
- Missouri73
- North Carolina66
- Colorado56
- South Carolina55
- Georgia54
- Minnesota51
- Ohio43
- Arkansas39
- Nebraska33
- Virginia31
- Pennsylvania31
- Indiana25
- Wisconsin24
- Michigan18
- Montana17
- South Dakota13
- Maryland13
- New York12
- North Dakota11
- Idaho10
- California9
- New Mexico9
- Wyoming9
- Connecticut7
- Arizona5
- New Jersey5
- West Virginia4
- Massachusetts4
- Nevada2
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.