Beryl produced so many tornado warnings it broke a record

Tropical storm Beryl continues to break records. The latest: The number of tornado warnings for a single day in July.

According to data collected by Iowa State University, Beryl produced a total of 113 tornado warnings, nearly doubling Hurricane Cindy. The Category 1 system slowed on July 6, 2005, to a tropical storm after it made landfall in Southeastern Louisiana.

"One hundred thirteen warnings is a lot and given this happened in July, it is even more significant," said Daryl E. Herzmann, systems analyst at Iowa State University and producer of the study.

"The right-front quadrant of the storm was in an abnormally primed environment to produce tornadoes," the study reads. In just one location alone, Shreveport, Louisiana, the National Weather Service issued 67 tornado warnings on Monday. That matched the previous single-day record in July for the entire U.S.

Number of tornadoes produced by Beryl

So far about 15% of the record-breaking number of warnings can be traced to tornadoes. According to preliminary data from the National Weather Service, 17 tornadoes were reported in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas from Sunday through Monday as Beryl traveled through.

"Observed tornado counts is rather low at the moment," said Herzmann. "But that will increase as storm surveys are done and more reports are gathered. I suspect many of the tornados were wrapped in rain and not easily seen."

About Beryl's record-breaking journey through the Caribbean

Last week, Beryl strengthened over warm seas and fair winds as it sped through the Caribbean, becoming the earliest Category 4 or 5 hurricane on record. Beryl broke the previous record for the strongest Category 5 hurricane by more than two weeks. That record was set by Hurricane Emily on July 17, 2005.