Weather alerts in the United States, 2014

105,858 weather alerts in 2014, 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: 105,858
Warnings: 36,313
Watches: 4,418
Advisories: 26,329
Busiest month: June18,342 alerts
Busiest day: June 19, 2014977 alerts

Over time

By month

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	16,427
Tornado Warning	1,873
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	382
Tornado Watch	184
Mesoscale Discussion	1,995
Special Weather Statement	36,201
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1,294
Flash Flood Warning	3,512
River Flood Warning	3,010
Flash Flood Watch	670
Flood Watch	263
River Flood Watch	145
Areal Flood Advisory	9,297
River Flood Advisory	463
Winter
Blizzard Warning	102
Ice Storm Warning	22
Lake Effect Snow Warning	59
Winter Storm Warning	739
Blizzard Watch	54
Lake Effect Snow Watch	36
Winter Storm Watch	593
Freezing Rain Advisory	265
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	116
Winter Weather Advisory	2,246
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	19
Excessive Heat Watch	14
Heat Advisory	169
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	1
Freeze Warning	535
Hard Freeze Warning	108
Wind Chill Warning	196
Freeze Watch	279
Hard Freeze Watch	55
Wind Chill Watch	63
Frost Advisory	473
Wind Chill Advisory	875
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	43
High Wind Warning	568
High Wind Watch	371
Blowing Dust Advisory	123
Lake Wind Advisory	365
Wind Advisory	1,861
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1,050
Fire Weather Watch	664
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	13
Dense Fog Advisory	1,341
Dense Smoke Advisory	6
Freezing Fog Advisory	86
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	8
Tropical Storm Warning	15
Typhoon Warning	1
Hurricane Watch	5
Tropical Storm Watch	16
Typhoon Watch	1
Hurricane Local Statement	4
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	35
High Surf Warning	23
Lakeshore Flood Warning	1
Tsunami Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	25
Lakeshore Flood Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	361
High Surf Advisory	226
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	13
Tsunami Advisory	2
Beach Hazards Statement	203
Coastal Flood Statement	87
Rip Current Statement	304
Marine
Gale Warning	2,368
Hazardous Seas Warning	108
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	277
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	10
Special Marine Warning	3,617
Storm Warning	291
Gale Watch	504
Hazardous Seas Watch	53
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	6
Hurricane Force Wind Watch	1
Storm Watch	32
Brisk Wind Advisory	272
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	54
Low Water Advisory	56
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	397
Small Craft Advisory	6,020
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	542
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	256
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	431
Marine Weather Statement	4

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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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.