Weather alerts in the United States, 2023

138,148 weather alerts in 2023, 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: 138,148
Warnings: 47,844
Watches: 4,687
Advisories: 26,768
Busiest month: July25,869 alerts
Busiest day: July 14, 20231,350 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	8
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	24,295
Tornado Warning	2,531
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	543
Tornado Watch	179
Mesoscale Discussion	2,348
Special Weather Statement	55,155
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1,293
Flash Flood Warning	3,693
River Flood Warning	2,620
Flash Flood Watch	40
Flood Watch	783
River Flood Watch	173
Areal Flood Advisory	9,215
River Flood Advisory	419
Winter
Blizzard Warning	111
Ice Storm Warning	35
Lake Effect Snow Warning	10
Snow Squall Warning	176
Winter Storm Warning	696
Winter Storm Watch	599
Winter Weather Advisory	2,092
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	607
Excessive Heat Watch	188
Heat Advisory	1,559
Cold
Freeze Warning	596
Hard Freeze Warning	37
Wind Chill Warning	43
Freeze Watch	336
Hard Freeze Watch	12
Wind Chill Watch	13
Frost Advisory	570
Wind Chill Advisory	192
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	13
Dust Storm Warning	81
High Wind Warning	517
High Wind Watch	370
Blowing Dust Advisory	58
Dust Storm Advisory	125
Lake Wind Advisory	156
Wind Advisory	1,783
Fire
Red Flag Warning	887
Fire Weather Watch	566
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	23
Ashfall Advisory	2
Dense Fog Advisory	1,740
Dense Smoke Advisory	9
Freezing Fog Advisory	70
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	4
Storm Surge Warning	5
Tropical Storm Warning	30
Typhoon Warning	2
Hurricane Watch	7
Storm Surge Watch	9
Tropical Storm Watch	23
Typhoon Watch	2
Hurricane Local Statement	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	82
High Surf Warning	43
Lakeshore Flood Warning	6
Tsunami Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	53
Lakeshore Flood Watch	6
Coastal Flood Advisory	760
High Surf Advisory	325
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	16
Tsunami Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	498
Coastal Flood Statement	240
Rip Current Statement	607
Marine
Gale Warning	2,449
Hazardous Seas Warning	164
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	336
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	9
Special Marine Warning	6,158
Storm Warning	306
Gale Watch	715
Hazardous Seas Watch	26
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	3
Storm Watch	41
Brisk Wind Advisory	425
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	10
Low Water Advisory	27
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	459
Marine Dense Smoke Advisory	9
Small Craft Advisory	6,723

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

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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.