Weather alerts in the United States, December 2013

4,691 weather alerts in December 2013, 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: 4,691
Warnings: 1,638
Watches: 331
Advisories: 2,259
Busiest day: December 22, 2013530 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	188
Tornado Warning	47
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	9
Tornado Watch	7
Mesoscale Discussion	65
Special Weather Statement	364
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	93
Flash Flood Warning	88
River Flood Warning	326
Flash Flood Watch	9
Flood Watch	28
River Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	143
River Flood Advisory	36
Winter
Blizzard Warning	12
Ice Storm Warning	20
Lake Effect Snow Warning	27
Winter Storm Warning	132
Blizzard Watch	5
Lake Effect Snow Watch	19
Winter Storm Watch	124
Freezing Rain Advisory	80
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	61
Winter Weather Advisory	438
Cold
Freeze Warning	43
Hard Freeze Warning	12
Wind Chill Warning	43
Freeze Watch	18
Hard Freeze Watch	5
Wind Chill Watch	3
Frost Advisory	20
Wind Chill Advisory	197
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	63
High Wind Watch	35
Lake Wind Advisory	14
Wind Advisory	118
Fire
Red Flag Warning	12
Fire Weather Watch	7
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	6
Dense Fog Advisory	192
Freezing Fog Advisory	41
Air Stagnation Outlook	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
High Surf Warning	3
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	12
High Surf Advisory	16
Beach Hazards Statement	10
Coastal Flood Statement	6
Rip Current Statement	16
Marine
Gale Warning	306
Hazardous Seas Warning	8
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	73
Special Marine Warning	104
Storm Warning	37
Gale Watch	54
Hazardous Seas Watch	4
Brisk Wind Advisory	46
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	1
Low Water Advisory	4
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	62
Marine Dense Smoke Advisory	1
Small Craft Advisory	657
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	52
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	32
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	30
Marine Weather Statement	1

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.