Weather alerts in the United States, February 2016

5,895 weather alerts in February 2016, 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: 5,895
Warnings: 2,266
Watches: 402
Advisories: 2,106
Busiest day: February 24, 2016721 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	408
Tornado Warning	240
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	4
Tornado Watch	20
Mesoscale Discussion	90
Special Weather Statement	968
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	93
Flash Flood Warning	63
River Flood Warning	451
Flash Flood Watch	14
Flood Watch	26
River Flood Watch	14
Areal Flood Advisory	204
River Flood Advisory	78
Winter
Blizzard Warning	26
Ice Storm Warning	2
Lake Effect Snow Warning	11
Winter Storm Warning	92
Blizzard Watch	10
Lake Effect Snow Watch	7
Winter Storm Watch	57
Freezing Rain Advisory	20
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	17
Winter Weather Advisory	335
Cold
Freeze Warning	9
Hard Freeze Warning	3
Wind Chill Warning	12
Freeze Watch	8
Hard Freeze Watch	1
Wind Chill Watch	12
Frost Advisory	8
Wind Chill Advisory	52
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	86
High Wind Watch	61
Blowing Dust Advisory	3
Lake Wind Advisory	37
Wind Advisory	286
Fire
Red Flag Warning	96
Fire Weather Watch	57
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	2
Dense Fog Advisory	156
Freezing Fog Advisory	7
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	14
High Surf Warning	4
Lakeshore Flood Warning	2
Coastal Flood Watch	4
Coastal Flood Advisory	54
High Surf Advisory	37
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	18
Coastal Flood Statement	12
Rip Current Statement	33
Marine
Gale Warning	354
Hazardous Seas Warning	9
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	32
Special Marine Warning	186
Storm Warning	73
Gale Watch	101
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	2
Storm Watch	4
Brisk Wind Advisory	59
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	12
Low Water Advisory	8
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	28
Small Craft Advisory	571
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	63
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	41
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	27

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.