Weather alerts in the United States, October 2013

4,153 weather alerts in October 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: 4,153
Warnings: 1,349
Watches: 268
Advisories: 1,646
Busiest day: October 31, 2013340 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	353
Tornado Warning	73
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	9
Tornado Watch	9
Mesoscale Discussion	75
Special Weather Statement	765
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	46
Flash Flood Warning	115
River Flood Warning	86
Flash Flood Watch	35
Flood Watch	7
River Flood Watch	5
Areal Flood Advisory	382
River Flood Advisory	3
Winter
Blizzard Warning	4
Lake Effect Snow Warning	3
Winter Storm Warning	23
Lake Effect Snow Watch	1
Winter Storm Watch	23
Freezing Rain Advisory	7
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	7
Winter Weather Advisory	79
Cold
Freeze Warning	145
Hard Freeze Warning	5
Freeze Watch	69
Hard Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	160
Wind Chill Advisory	1
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	2
High Wind Warning	50
High Wind Watch	34
Blowing Dust Advisory	7
Lake Wind Advisory	19
Wind Advisory	159
Fire
Red Flag Warning	25
Fire Weather Watch	21
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	152
Tropical
Tropical Storm Warning	4
Hurricane Watch	4
Tropical Storm Watch	5
Hurricane Local Statement	2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	4
High Surf Warning	2
Coastal Flood Watch	3
Coastal Flood Advisory	56
High Surf Advisory	22
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	12
Coastal Flood Statement	17
Rip Current Statement	19
Marine
Gale Warning	227
Hazardous Seas Warning	4
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	11
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	1
Special Marine Warning	118
Storm Warning	48
Gale Watch	40
Hazardous Seas Watch	1
Brisk Wind Advisory	2
Low Water Advisory	4
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	12
Small Craft Advisory	503
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	37
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	10
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	23

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.