Alert Pulse statistics · figures v2
Tornado alerts in the United States, July 2026 – September 2026
From July 2026 through September 2026, 1,881 distinct tornado alerts went out across the United States: 1,808 Tornado Warnings and 73 Tornado Watches. They reached 864 counties in 40 states.
| Rank | State | Counties reached | County-alerts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | 86 | 403 | |
| 2 | Kentucky | 73 | 346 | |
| 3 | Ohio | 51 | 269 | |
| 4 | Illinois | 37 | 247 | |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 58 | 242 | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 50 | 202 | |
| 7 | Texas | 25 | 189 | |
| 8 | New York | 45 | 168 | |
| 9 | Missouri | 49 | 165 | |
| 10 | Minnesota | 31 | 156 |
County-alerts count each tornado alert once in every county it covered. Counts, not rates. Frozen October 1, 2026.
Source: BePrepared Solutions, Alert Pulse statistics. Alert counts from FEMA IPAWS and National Weather Service feeds. Full method, every state and county, and the CSV are at the source.