Weather alerts in the United States, January 2022

5,693 weather alerts in January 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: 5,693
Warnings: 1,707
Watches: 483
Advisories: 2,459
Busiest day: January 1, 2022607 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	194
Tornado Warning	83
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Tornado Watch	14
Mesoscale Discussion	101
Special Weather Statement	827
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	38
Flash Flood Warning	53
River Flood Warning	181
Flash Flood Watch	1
Flood Watch	21
River Flood Watch	6
Areal Flood Advisory	121
River Flood Advisory	80
Winter
Blizzard Warning	25
Ice Storm Warning	6
Lake Effect Snow Warning	6
Snow Squall Warning	5
Winter Storm Warning	148
Winter Storm Watch	160
Winter Weather Advisory	512
Cold
Freeze Warning	42
Hard Freeze Warning	18
Wind Chill Warning	61
Freeze Watch	22
Hard Freeze Watch	6
Wind Chill Watch	14
Frost Advisory	17
Wind Chill Advisory	302
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	100
High Wind Watch	58
Lake Wind Advisory	17
Wind Advisory	229
Fire
Red Flag Warning	33
Fire Weather Watch	22
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	10
Dense Fog Advisory	151
Freezing Fog Advisory	27
Air Stagnation Outlook	2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	17
High Surf Warning	4
Lakeshore Flood Warning	2
Tsunami Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	13
Coastal Flood Advisory	80
High Surf Advisory	42
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	4
Tsunami Advisory	3
Beach Hazards Statement	18
Coastal Flood Statement	29
Rip Current Statement	67
Marine
Gale Warning	376
Hazardous Seas Warning	7
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	72
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	5
Special Marine Warning	167
Storm Warning	63
Gale Watch	125
Hazardous Seas Watch	2
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	1
Storm Watch	15
Brisk Wind Advisory	77
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	24
Low Water Advisory	15
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	32
Small Craft Advisory	716

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.