Weather alerts in the United States, January 2016

5,042 weather alerts in January 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: 5,042
Warnings: 1,643
Watches: 381
Advisories: 2,202
Busiest day: January 21, 2016347 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	168
Tornado Warning	75
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Tornado Watch	5
Mesoscale Discussion	66
Special Weather Statement	672
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	9
Flash Flood Warning	24
River Flood Warning	188
Flash Flood Watch	19
Flood Watch	17
River Flood Watch	14
Areal Flood Advisory	118
River Flood Advisory	37
Winter
Blizzard Warning	13
Lake Effect Snow Warning	22
Winter Storm Warning	122
Blizzard Watch	10
Lake Effect Snow Watch	15
Winter Storm Watch	111
Freezing Rain Advisory	46
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	44
Winter Weather Advisory	427
Cold
Freeze Warning	33
Hard Freeze Warning	6
Wind Chill Warning	10
Freeze Watch	18
Hard Freeze Watch	4
Frost Advisory	12
Wind Chill Advisory	104
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	54
High Wind Watch	38
Blowing Dust Advisory	1
Lake Wind Advisory	25
Wind Advisory	178
Fire
Red Flag Warning	16
Fire Weather Watch	15
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	3
Dense Fog Advisory	158
Freezing Fog Advisory	20
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	11
High Surf Warning	19
Lakeshore Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	7
Coastal Flood Advisory	49
High Surf Advisory	64
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	3
Beach Hazards Statement	16
Coastal Flood Statement	13
Rip Current Statement	49
Marine
Gale Warning	397
Hazardous Seas Warning	22
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	33
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	4
Special Marine Warning	353
Storm Warning	63
Gale Watch	93
Hazardous Seas Watch	5
Storm Watch	7
Brisk Wind Advisory	58
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	8
Low Water Advisory	13
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	32
Small Craft Advisory	677
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	64
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	36
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	25

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.