Weather alerts in the United States, December 2015

7,953 weather alerts in December 2015, 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: 7,953
Warnings: 3,578
Watches: 525
Advisories: 2,561
Busiest day: December 24, 2015752 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	446
Tornado Warning	278
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	4
Tornado Watch	18
Mesoscale Discussion	110
Special Weather Statement	1,133
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	278
Flash Flood Warning	315
River Flood Warning	1,184
Flash Flood Watch	44
Flood Watch	36
River Flood Watch	56
Areal Flood Advisory	372
River Flood Advisory	139
Winter
Blizzard Warning	21
Ice Storm Warning	3
Lake Effect Snow Warning	7
Winter Storm Warning	151
Blizzard Watch	12
Lake Effect Snow Watch	7
Winter Storm Watch	125
Freezing Rain Advisory	35
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	7
Winter Weather Advisory	342
Cold
Freeze Warning	24
Hard Freeze Warning	16
Wind Chill Warning	2
Freeze Watch	14
Hard Freeze Watch	11
Frost Advisory	20
Wind Chill Advisory	15
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	99
High Wind Watch	72
Blowing Dust Advisory	2
Lake Wind Advisory	23
Wind Advisory	230
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	5
Dense Fog Advisory	326
Freezing Fog Advisory	33
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	6
High Surf Warning	13
Lakeshore Flood Warning	3
Coastal Flood Watch	8
Lakeshore Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	43
High Surf Advisory	48
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	11
Coastal Flood Statement	4
Rip Current Statement	31
Marine
Gale Warning	382
Hazardous Seas Warning	24
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	32
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	8
Special Marine Warning	181
Storm Warning	105
Gale Watch	95
Hazardous Seas Watch	5
Storm Watch	17
Brisk Wind Advisory	36
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	93
Small Craft Advisory	673
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	73
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	21
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	24

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.