Weather alerts in the United States, December 2022

5,592 weather alerts in December 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: 5,592
Warnings: 1,929
Watches: 523
Advisories: 2,350
Busiest day: December 14, 2022460 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	148
Tornado Warning	193
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Tornado Watch	14
Mesoscale Discussion	87
Special Weather Statement	627
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	40
Flash Flood Warning	62
River Flood Warning	153
Flash Flood Watch	3
Flood Watch	34
River Flood Watch	9
Areal Flood Advisory	227
River Flood Advisory	32
Winter
Blizzard Warning	45
Ice Storm Warning	9
Lake Effect Snow Warning	8
Snow Squall Warning	56
Winter Storm Warning	158
Winter Storm Watch	148
Winter Weather Advisory	456
Cold
Freeze Warning	42
Hard Freeze Warning	38
Wind Chill Warning	73
Freeze Watch	31
Hard Freeze Watch	25
Wind Chill Watch	53
Frost Advisory	13
Wind Chill Advisory	156
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	3
Dust Storm Warning	16
High Wind Warning	89
High Wind Watch	70
Blowing Dust Advisory	6
Dust Storm Advisory	4
Lake Wind Advisory	6
Wind Advisory	223
Fire
Red Flag Warning	18
Fire Weather Watch	7
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	3
Dense Fog Advisory	349
Freezing Fog Advisory	25
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	18
High Surf Warning	8
Lakeshore Flood Warning	4
Coastal Flood Watch	9
Lakeshore Flood Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	69
High Surf Advisory	47
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	4
Tsunami Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	10
Coastal Flood Statement	25
Rip Current Statement	41
Marine
Gale Warning	324
Hazardous Seas Warning	18
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	58
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	1
Special Marine Warning	269
Storm Warning	78
Gale Watch	89
Hazardous Seas Watch	1
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	6
Storm Watch	21
Brisk Wind Advisory	41
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	4
Low Water Advisory	14
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	98
Small Craft Advisory	572

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.