Alert archive / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in the United States, 2006

2,825 tornado warnings in 2006. 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
2,825
Busiest month
April626 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 13, 2006159 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.

7 more states

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 13, 2006159tornado warnings
  2. April 7, 2006138tornado warnings
  3. September 22, 2006129tornado warnings
  4. October 16, 2006108tornado warnings
  5. March 12, 200699tornado warnings
  6. November 15, 200689tornado warnings
  7. May 10, 200676tornado warnings
  8. April 2, 200675tornado warnings
  9. April 8, 200675tornado warnings
  10. September 23, 200667tornado warnings
  11. April 3, 200666tornado warnings
  12. April 16, 200650tornado warnings
  13. March 9, 200646tornado warnings
  14. March 20, 200638tornado warnings
  15. January 2, 200637tornado 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.