Weather alerts in the United States, January 2018

4,735 weather alerts in January 2018, 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: 4,735
Warnings: 1,344
Watches: 434
Advisories: 2,260
Busiest day: January 22, 2018345 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	60
Tornado Warning	33
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	45
Special Weather Statement	588
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	122
Flash Flood Warning	16
River Flood Warning	118
Flash Flood Watch	11
Flood Watch	27
River Flood Watch	6
Areal Flood Advisory	140
River Flood Advisory	39
Winter
Blizzard Warning	22
Lake Effect Snow Warning	5
Winter Storm Warning	156
Winter Storm Watch	116
Winter Weather Advisory	479
Cold
Freeze Warning	50
Hard Freeze Warning	53
Wind Chill Warning	44
Freeze Watch	27
Hard Freeze Watch	19
Wind Chill Watch	15
Frost Advisory	8
Wind Chill Advisory	297
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	64
High Wind Watch	43
Blowing Dust Advisory	4
Lake Wind Advisory	18
Wind Advisory	150
Fire
Red Flag Warning	48
Fire Weather Watch	51
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	196
Freezing Fog Advisory	5
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	5
High Surf Warning	6
Lakeshore Flood Warning	1
Tsunami Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	4
Tsunami Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	34
High Surf Advisory	39
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	1
Tsunami Advisory	2
Beach Hazards Statement	15
Coastal Flood Statement	7
Rip Current Statement	42
Marine
Gale Warning	314
Hazardous Seas Warning	13
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	70
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	5
Special Marine Warning	92
Storm Warning	46
Gale Watch	100
Hazardous Seas Watch	2
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	2
Storm Watch	7
Brisk Wind Advisory	33
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	21
Low Water Advisory	24
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	66
Small Craft Advisory	598
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	51
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	29
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	26

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.