Weather alerts in California, 2014

3,150 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 3,150
Warnings: 853
Watches: 319
Advisories: 1,538
Busiest month: December581 alerts
Busiest day: December 12, 201466 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

3,150 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

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	104
Tornado Warning	14
Mesoscale Discussion	14
Special Weather Statement	353
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	10
Flash Flood Warning	215
River Flood Warning	16
Flash Flood Watch	50
Flood Watch	9
River Flood Watch	6
Areal Flood Advisory	271
River Flood Advisory	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	38
Winter Storm Watch	37
Winter Weather Advisory	88
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	7
Excessive Heat Watch	5
Heat Advisory	9
Cold
Freeze Warning	30
Hard Freeze Warning	6
Freeze Watch	15
Hard Freeze Watch	5
Frost Advisory	52
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	4
High Wind Warning	70
High Wind Watch	55
Blowing Dust Advisory	19
Lake Wind Advisory	45
Wind Advisory	317
Fire
Red Flag Warning	116
Fire Weather Watch	79
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	89
Dense Smoke Advisory	3
Freezing Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	2
High Surf Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	17
High Surf Advisory	55
Beach Hazards Statement	73
Marine
Gale Warning	85
Hazardous Seas Warning	24
Special Marine Warning	106
Storm Warning	4
Gale Watch	46
Hazardous Seas Watch	8
Storm Watch	3
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	2
Small Craft Advisory	473
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	44
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	33
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	17

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

18 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2013 2015

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.