Alert archive / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in the United States, 2025

3,014 tornado warnings in 2025. 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.

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Tornado Warnings
3,014
Busiest month
April837 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 15, 2025232 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.

6 more states

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 15, 2025232tornado warnings
  2. April 3, 2025201tornado warnings
  3. April 2, 2025117tornado warnings
  4. April 20, 2025101tornado warnings
  5. May 20, 2025101tornado warnings
  6. May 16, 202587tornado warnings
  7. March 16, 202570tornado warnings
  8. May 19, 202566tornado warnings
  9. April 5, 202564tornado warnings
  10. March 31, 202558tornado warnings
  11. May 15, 202558tornado warnings
  12. February 16, 202556tornado warnings
  13. June 18, 202548tornado warnings
  14. May 17, 202547tornado warnings
  15. April 6, 202545tornado 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.