Alert archive / Areal Flood Warnings
Areal Flood Warnings in the United States, 2018
2,595 areal flood warnings in 2018. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of areal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 2,595
- Busiest month
- September391 areal flood warnings
- Busiest day
- January 12, 201846 areal flood warnings
Over time
By month
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Virginia395
- Maryland233
- West Virginia195
- Kansas159
- North Carolina149
- Ohio140
- Pennsylvania136
- Texas123
- Kentucky109
- New Jersey96
- Indiana90
- Missouri89
- Montana79
- New York79
- Arkansas67
- Alabama60
- Illinois57
- Iowa57
- South Dakota55
- Wisconsin54
- Georgia46
- Florida44
- Nebraska44
- Tennessee42
- Massachusetts40
- Oklahoma39
- Mississippi36
- Minnesota35
- Connecticut27
- Arizona26
- District of Columbia23
- Michigan22
- Louisiana20
- Vermont20
- South Carolina19
- Delaware18
- New Hampshire18
- Idaho15
- Wyoming14
- Maine13
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.