Weather alerts in the United States, 2022

127,200 weather alerts in 2022, 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: 127,200
Warnings: 41,818
Watches: 4,812
Advisories: 27,392
Busiest month: July21,300 alerts
Busiest day: May 21, 20221,067 alerts

Over time

By month

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Extreme Wind Warning	5
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	18,103
Tornado Warning	2,320
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	415
Tornado Watch	178
Mesoscale Discussion	2,079
Special Weather Statement	49,768
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1,196
Flash Flood Warning	4,362
River Flood Warning	2,485
Flash Flood Watch	76
Flood Watch	719
River Flood Watch	109
Areal Flood Advisory	9,736
River Flood Advisory	455
Winter
Blizzard Warning	122
Ice Storm Warning	37
Lake Effect Snow Warning	27
Snow Squall Warning	306
Winter Storm Warning	697
Winter Storm Watch	632
Winter Weather Advisory	2,251
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	193
Excessive Heat Watch	84
Heat Advisory	1,080
Cold
Freeze Warning	613
Hard Freeze Warning	112
Wind Chill Warning	169
Freeze Watch	290
Hard Freeze Watch	52
Wind Chill Watch	74
Frost Advisory	600
Wind Chill Advisory	679
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	7
Dust Storm Warning	183
High Wind Warning	726
High Wind Watch	461
Blowing Dust Advisory	95
Dust Storm Advisory	283
Lake Wind Advisory	201
Wind Advisory	2,152
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1,310
Fire Weather Watch	878
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	24
Ashfall Advisory	1
Dense Fog Advisory	1,413
Dense Smoke Advisory	10
Freezing Fog Advisory	86
Air Stagnation Outlook	3
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	10
Storm Surge Warning	12
Tropical Storm Warning	26
Hurricane Watch	11
Storm Surge Watch	14
Tropical Storm Watch	21
Typhoon Watch	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	68
High Surf Warning	21
Lakeshore Flood Warning	11
Tsunami Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	46
Lakeshore Flood Watch	4
Coastal Flood Advisory	532
High Surf Advisory	280
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	22
Tsunami Advisory	5
Beach Hazards Statement	486
Coastal Flood Statement	208
Rip Current Statement	634
Marine
Gale Warning	2,439
Hazardous Seas Warning	112
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	320
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	16
Special Marine Warning	5,480
Storm Warning	329
Gale Watch	660
Hazardous Seas Watch	32
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	7
Storm Watch	48
Brisk Wind Advisory	334
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	40
Low Water Advisory	69
Marine Ashfall Advisory	1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	498
Small Craft Advisory	6,545

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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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now The tornado archive The radar archive 2021 2023

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.