Alert archive / Blizzard Watches

Blizzard Watches in the United States, 2016

41 blizzard watches in 2016. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of blizzard watches reaches back to 2005.

Blizzard Watches by state

Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLPR
Blizzard Watches
41
Busiest month
December11 blizzard watches
Busiest day
February 5, 20166 blizzard watches

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.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 5, 20166blizzard watches
  2. January 31, 20165blizzard watches
  3. November 16, 20164blizzard watches
  4. December 22, 20163blizzard watches
  5. December 28, 20162blizzard watches
  6. January 21, 20162blizzard watches
  7. March 28, 20162blizzard watches
  8. November 25, 20161blizzard watches
  9. November 26, 20161blizzard watches
  10. November 28, 20161blizzard watches
  11. December 4, 20161blizzard watches
  12. December 16, 20161blizzard watches
  13. December 17, 20161blizzard watches
  14. December 21, 20161blizzard watches
  15. December 23, 20161blizzard watches

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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.