Weather alerts in the United States, December 2008

6,049 weather alerts in December 2008, 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: 6,049
Warnings: 2,295
Watches: 622
Advisories: 2,825
Busiest day: December 27, 2008514 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	311
Tornado Warning	162
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	5
Tornado Watch	22
Mesoscale Discussion	146
Special Weather Statement	85
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	88
Flash Flood Warning	71
River Flood Warning	364
Flash Flood Watch	30
Flood Watch	31
River Flood Watch	8
Areal Flood Advisory	142
River Flood Advisory	45
Winter
Blizzard Warning	51
Ice Storm Warning	21
Lake Effect Snow Warning	23
Winter Storm Warning	250
Blizzard Watch	21
Lake Effect Snow Watch	12
Winter Storm Watch	230
Freezing Rain Advisory	74
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	42
Winter Weather Advisory	667
Cold
Freeze Warning	32
Hard Freeze Warning	6
Wind Chill Warning	45
Freeze Watch	16
Hard Freeze Watch	2
Wind Chill Watch	4
Frost Advisory	19
Wind Chill Advisory	121
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	128
High Wind Watch	73
Lake Wind Advisory	72
Wind Advisory	401
Fire
Red Flag Warning	73
Fire Weather Watch	38
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	1
Dense Fog Advisory	240
Freezing Fog Advisory	7
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	3
High Surf Warning	8
Lakeshore Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	5
Lakeshore Flood Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	17
High Surf Advisory	31
Coastal Flood Statement	17
Marine
Gale Warning	416
Hazardous Seas Warning	9
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	60
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	2
Special Marine Warning	87
Storm Warning	84
Gale Watch	103
Hazardous Seas Watch	7
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	5
Storm Watch	8
Brisk Wind Advisory	36
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	4
Low Water Advisory	13
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	60
Small Craft Advisory	668
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	77
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	25
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	63
Marine Weather Statement	59

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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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.