Alert archive / Tornado Warnings / 2026
Tornado Warnings in the United States, April 2026
639 tornado warnings in April 2026. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The last few weeks are still filling in as offices finish their follow-ups. 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.
- Tornado Warnings
- 639
- Busiest day
- April 17, 202696 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Illinois333
- Missouri240
- Iowa191
- Indiana177
- Wisconsin150
- Oklahoma136
- Texas131
- Kansas129
- Kentucky127
- Ohio113
- Louisiana108
- Pennsylvania100
- Mississippi97
- Arkansas89
- Nebraska82
- Minnesota77
- Michigan75
- Georgia65
- Colorado56
- Alabama52
- West Virginia46
- Maryland42
- South Dakota42
- Virginia42
- New York41
- North Carolina36
- Florida33
- North Dakota30
- Tennessee26
- New Jersey19
- Wyoming11
- Delaware11
- South Carolina10
- California9
- Utah4
- Arizona4
- Oregon2
- Massachusetts2
- Maine1
- Nevada1
1 more states
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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.