Weather alerts in the United States, January 2013

5,899 weather alerts in January 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: 5,899
Warnings: 2,256
Watches: 426
Advisories: 2,522
Busiest day: January 30, 2013972 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	496
Tornado Warning	173
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Tornado Watch	24
Mesoscale Discussion	112
Special Weather Statement	556
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	152
Flash Flood Warning	131
River Flood Warning	426
Flash Flood Watch	27
Flood Watch	48
River Flood Watch	13
Areal Flood Advisory	265
River Flood Advisory	99
Winter
Blizzard Warning	22
Ice Storm Warning	14
Lake Effect Snow Warning	26
Winter Storm Warning	96
Blizzard Watch	9
Lake Effect Snow Watch	15
Winter Storm Watch	84
Freezing Rain Advisory	76
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	44
Winter Weather Advisory	375
Cold
Freeze Warning	42
Hard Freeze Warning	10
Wind Chill Warning	32
Freeze Watch	18
Hard Freeze Watch	1
Wind Chill Watch	4
Frost Advisory	40
Wind Chill Advisory	164
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	78
High Wind Watch	52
Blowing Dust Advisory	2
Lake Wind Advisory	27
Wind Advisory	209
Fire
Red Flag Warning	22
Fire Weather Watch	17
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	6
Dense Fog Advisory	255
Dense Smoke Advisory	2
Freezing Fog Advisory	21
Air Stagnation Outlook	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	2
High Surf Warning	6
Tsunami Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	14
High Surf Advisory	33
Tsunami Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	4
Coastal Flood Statement	12
Rip Current Statement	9
Marine
Gale Warning	344
Hazardous Seas Warning	6
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	49
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	2
Special Marine Warning	96
Storm Warning	30
Gale Watch	97
Hazardous Seas Watch	1
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	5
Storm Watch	6
Brisk Wind Advisory	58
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	7
Low Water Advisory	9
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	60
Small Craft Advisory	651
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	30
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	33
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	41
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.