Weather alerts in the United States, January 2017

6,962 weather alerts in January 2017, 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: 6,962
Warnings: 2,581
Watches: 429
Advisories: 2,725
Busiest day: January 22, 2017770 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	519
Tornado Warning	276
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	2
Tornado Watch	22
Mesoscale Discussion	136
Special Weather Statement	1,020
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	101
Flash Flood Warning	111
River Flood Warning	413
Flash Flood Watch	29
Flood Watch	25
River Flood Watch	23
Areal Flood Advisory	327
River Flood Advisory	63
Winter
Blizzard Warning	17
Ice Storm Warning	22
Lake Effect Snow Warning	11
Winter Storm Warning	178
Blizzard Watch	5
Lake Effect Snow Watch	6
Winter Storm Watch	147
Freezing Rain Advisory	77
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	25
Winter Weather Advisory	479
Cold
Freeze Warning	25
Hard Freeze Warning	19
Wind Chill Warning	22
Freeze Watch	13
Hard Freeze Watch	4
Frost Advisory	14
Wind Chill Advisory	166
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	83
High Wind Watch	51
Lake Wind Advisory	21
Wind Advisory	255
Fire
Red Flag Warning	12
Fire Weather Watch	8
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	7
Dense Fog Advisory	351
Freezing Fog Advisory	16
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	10
High Surf Warning	10
Coastal Flood Watch	5
Coastal Flood Advisory	30
High Surf Advisory	46
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	14
Coastal Flood Statement	12
Rip Current Statement	45
Marine
Gale Warning	340
Hazardous Seas Warning	13
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	65
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	5
Special Marine Warning	259
Storm Warning	70
Gale Watch	80
Hazardous Seas Watch	1
Storm Watch	8
Brisk Wind Advisory	62
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	4
Low Water Advisory	14
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	97
Small Craft Advisory	588
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	38
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	22
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	22

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.