Alert archive / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in the United States, 1996

2,242 tornado warnings in 1996. 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.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLPR
Tornado Warnings
2,242
Busiest month
May456 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 20, 1996107 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.

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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 20, 1996107tornado warnings
  2. April 22, 199658tornado warnings
  3. March 6, 199653tornado warnings
  4. May 29, 199646tornado warnings
  5. May 27, 199642tornado warnings
  6. May 28, 199640tornado warnings
  7. May 30, 199640tornado warnings
  8. April 19, 199639tornado warnings
  9. May 31, 199635tornado warnings
  10. November 7, 199633tornado warnings
  11. May 23, 199633tornado warnings
  12. May 26, 199633tornado warnings
  13. July 19, 199633tornado warnings
  14. September 16, 199633tornado warnings
  15. March 18, 199632tornado warnings

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.