Alert archive / Gale Warnings

Gale Warnings in the United States, 2017

2,319 gale warnings in 2017. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of gale warnings reaches back to 2005.

Gale Warnings by state

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLPR
Gale Warnings
2,319
Busiest month
January340 gale warnings
Busiest day
November 20, 201725 gale 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.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 20, 201725gale warnings
  2. November 18, 201722gale warnings
  3. April 5, 201722gale warnings
  4. December 11, 201720gale warnings
  5. January 6, 201720gale warnings
  6. November 17, 201719gale warnings
  7. December 3, 201718gale warnings
  8. January 3, 201718gale warnings
  9. January 21, 201718gale warnings
  10. February 11, 201718gale warnings
  11. February 14, 201718gale warnings
  12. December 24, 201717gale warnings
  13. January 7, 201717gale warnings
  14. February 8, 201717gale warnings
  15. October 17, 201716gale warnings

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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.