Alert archive / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in the United States, 2005

2,910 tornado warnings in 2005. 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
2,910
Busiest month
June630 tornado warnings
Busiest day
September 25, 2005184 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. September 25, 2005184tornado warnings
  2. November 15, 2005133tornado warnings
  3. August 29, 2005120tornado warnings
  4. April 6, 2005109tornado warnings
  5. September 24, 2005103tornado warnings
  6. June 4, 200559tornado warnings
  7. June 5, 200558tornado warnings
  8. November 28, 200557tornado warnings
  9. July 6, 200557tornado warnings
  10. June 10, 200546tornado warnings
  11. March 22, 200545tornado warnings
  12. July 20, 200545tornado warnings
  13. January 13, 200544tornado warnings
  14. May 11, 200543tornado warnings
  15. July 7, 200543tornado 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.