Alert archive / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in the United States, 2013

1,831 tornado warnings in 2013. 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
1,831
Busiest month
May466 tornado warnings
Busiest day
January 30, 2013134 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. January 30, 2013134tornado warnings
  2. November 17, 2013118tornado warnings
  3. May 29, 201365tornado warnings
  4. May 20, 201354tornado warnings
  5. June 6, 201351tornado warnings
  6. April 18, 201349tornado warnings
  7. June 1, 201349tornado warnings
  8. May 19, 201347tornado warnings
  9. May 30, 201346tornado warnings
  10. May 31, 201345tornado warnings
  11. June 13, 201340tornado warnings
  12. February 10, 201337tornado warnings
  13. May 21, 201335tornado warnings
  14. June 12, 201332tornado warnings
  15. April 11, 201331tornado 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.