Weather alerts in the United States, 2006

55,150 weather alerts in 2006, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered.

Weather alerts by state

Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.

Alerts: 55,150
Warnings: 38,721
Watches: 3,671
Advisories: 8,963
Busiest month: May7,263 alerts
Busiest day: April 7, 2006650 alerts

Over time

By month

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	24,122
Tornado Warning	2,825
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	607
Tornado Watch	294
Mesoscale Discussion	2,339
Special Weather Statement	646
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	3,285
Flash Flood Watch	417
Flood Watch	246
River Flood Watch	5
Winter
Blizzard Warning	75
Heavy Snow Warning	257
Ice Storm Warning	12
Lake Effect Snow Warning	55
Winter Storm Warning	489
Blizzard Watch	26
Lake Effect Snow Watch	41
Winter Storm Watch	612
Blowing Snow Advisory	78
Freezing Rain Advisory	164
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	121
Lake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	9
Sleet Advisory	2
Snow Advisory	983
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	222
Winter Weather Advisory	580
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	72
Excessive Heat Watch	53
Heat Advisory	244
Cold
Freeze Warning	456
Wind Chill Warning	33
Freeze Watch	156
Wind Chill Watch	1
Frost Advisory	391
Wind Chill Advisory	187
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	34
High Wind Warning	540
High Wind Watch	369
Blowing Dust Advisory	13
Lake Wind Advisory	539
Wind Advisory	1,690
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1,121
Fire Weather Watch	808
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	57
Ashfall Advisory	4
Dense Fog Advisory	995
Freezing Fog Advisory	24
Tropical
Inland Hurricane Warning	1
Inland Tropical Storm Warning	13
Inland Hurricane Watch	3
Inland Tropical Storm Watch	8
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	34
High Surf Warning	16
Lakeshore Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	23
Lakeshore Flood Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	34
High Surf Advisory	167
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	2
Coastal Flood Statement	159
Lakeshore Flood Statement	7
Marine
Gale Warning	1,260
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	286
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	20
Special Marine Warning	3,450
Storm Warning	264
Brisk Wind Advisory	300
Low Water Advisory	14
Small Craft Advisory	2,143
Marine Weather Statement	644

By state

Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.

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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.