Alert archive / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in the United States, 2002

2,178 tornado warnings in 2002. 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
2,178
Busiest month
May372 tornado warnings
Busiest day
November 11, 2002180 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.

2 more states

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 11, 2002180tornado warnings
  2. November 10, 2002101tornado warnings
  3. April 28, 200285tornado warnings
  4. December 24, 200273tornado warnings
  5. December 18, 200264tornado warnings
  6. December 19, 200260tornado warnings
  7. May 5, 200249tornado warnings
  8. October 3, 200248tornado warnings
  9. April 18, 200248tornado warnings
  10. May 8, 200245tornado warnings
  11. March 30, 200234tornado warnings
  12. December 23, 200233tornado warnings
  13. May 27, 200233tornado warnings
  14. April 8, 200231tornado warnings
  15. May 2, 200231tornado warnings

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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.