Weather alerts in the United States, August 2006
5,420 weather alerts in August 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
- 5,420
- Warnings
- 4,272
- Watches
- 313
- Advisories
- 353
- Busiest day
- August 10, 2006374 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 | 2,966 |
| Tornado Warning | 157 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 84 |
| Tornado Watch | 13 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 232 |
| Special Weather Statement | 199 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 530 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 76 |
| Flood Watch | 24 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 15 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 4 |
| Heat Advisory | 87 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Dust Storm Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Blowing Dust Advisory | 1 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 13 |
| Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 152 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 103 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Air Stagnation Advisory | 10 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 22 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Tropical Storm Warning | 8 |
| Inland Hurricane Watch | 3 |
| Inland Tropical Storm Watch | 5 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| High Surf Advisory | 3 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 6 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 55 |
| Special Marine Warning | 382 |
| Storm Warning | 2 |
| Brisk Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 192 |
| Marine Weather Statement | 45 |
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Texas5,092
- Alaska3,479
- Florida2,922
- North Carolina2,380
- Missouri2,240
- Kansas2,101
- Illinois1,956
- Arkansas1,814
- Georgia1,800
- Tennessee1,787
- Oklahoma1,734
- California1,682
- Nebraska1,636
- Alabama1,585
- Michigan1,574
- Kentucky1,550
- Mississippi1,519
- Indiana1,501
- Virginia1,458
- New York1,450
- South Carolina1,443
- Louisiana1,439
- Ohio1,369
- Wisconsin1,322
- Pennsylvania1,263
- Minnesota1,233
- Iowa1,189
- Arizona1,120
- South Dakota1,101
- Colorado1,100
- Montana1,027
- North Dakota889
- New Mexico820
- Maine794
- Oregon751
- Idaho692
- Washington667
- Wyoming653
- West Virginia633
- Maryland602
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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.